A Starlink satellite seems to have exploded
A Falcon 9 launched 29Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on December 1st, 2025. | Image: SpaceXSpaceX says it has lost control of a Starlink satellite that's now falling back to Earth after suffering an anomaly. The sudden loss of communications, drop in altitude, "venting of the propulsion tank," and "release of a small number of trackable low relative velocity objects," suggests the anomaly was some kind of explosion. SpaceX says it poses no threat to the crew of the ISS and will burn up in the atmosphere "within weeks."
This mishap comes a week after SpaceX reported a near miss with a Chinese satellite.
On December 17, Starlink experienced an anomaly on satellite 35956, resulting in loss of communications with the vehicle at 41 ...