SpaceX, which frequently comes to the fore with its Starlink satellites, announced its targets for 2024. According to the announced information, SpaceX will carry out at least 144 launches to send more Starlink satellites into orbit in 2024.
SpaceX will perform at least 144 launches in 2024
SpaceX will try to reach 100 flights by the end of 2023, company executive Bill Gerstenmaier told the US Senate Subcommittee on Space and Science. It is stated that SpaceX’s goal of 12 flights to the moon in 2024 is both interesting and a little worrying.
Starlink announced plans to offer satellite mobile phone service earlier this year, and that means putting more satellites in space around our planet. While Starlink’s expansion is an expected move, concerns continue to grow about how crowded near-Earth orbit is becoming with satellites.
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There are concerns that space will turn into a garbage dump, especially as commercial space stations begin to proliferate rapidly and NASA plans to retire the ISS station in the near future.
According to the announced data, there are currently more than 3,500 Starlink satellites in orbit. Considering that this number will increase rapidly in the future, Starlink will soon take tight control of the near-Earth orbital space.
It’s not yet clear whether this increase will cause problems for future space mission launches, but we’ve heard concerns in the past about how Starlink and others are filling up the space around our planet.
As these new satellites get bigger and bigger, it also makes sense to question how they might impact the light pollution problem that has seen the brightest light in the sky become a satellite after the launch of another cellular network, BlueWalker 3. based satellite.
SpaceX is also working with other institutions to launch various satellites and missions into space and will play a role in the Artemis III mission that takes humanity back to the Moon. It is estimated that the company will carry out more collaborations with the US government next year.