( NewsNation) — SpaceX will be moving around 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit in 2026, according to a Starlink official.

SpaceX plans to lower the orbits of some of its Starlink satellites, a move the company says is intended to improve space ...

The downward migration in 2026 involves roughly half of SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of ...

A SpaceX executive said the move would reduce the "likelihood of collision" with other satellites and space debris.

Michael Nicolls, SpaceX's vice president of Starlink engineering, said on Thursday that all SpaceX satellites operating at around 550 kilometers (342 miles) will be reconfigured to ...

"Lowering the satellites results in condensing Starlink orbits, and will increase space safety in several ways," Nicholls said, including by "reducing the aggregate likelihood of collision." A ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2 ...

Starlink will begin a reconfiguration of its satellite constellation by lowering all of its satellites orbiting at around 550 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The number of spacecraft orbiting Earth is rising fast thanks to the emergence of private ...

One of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites suffered an anomaly in orbit on Wednesday (Dec. 17) that led to its partial ...

In the last five years, the number of satellites orbiting Earth has more than doubled and will likely double again within a similar timespan, thanks to the efforts of private companies such as SpaceX.