SpaceX Starlink Glitch Strikes In Space – Zero Risk To Moon Mission

Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Monday that one of its Starlink satellites experienced an anomaly in space on Sunday, and the company subsequently lost communication with it.

The company said that the Starlink satellite 34343 was at about a distance of 560 kms above earth, but poses no risk to the International Space Station orbiting Earth or its crew. It also does not pose risk to the upcoming launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis program aimed at taking humans back to the surface of the Moon, scheduled to launch on April 1 and expected to mark the first time humans venture beyond low Earth orbit in the 21st century.

Starlink said that it will continue to monitor the satellite and coordinate with NASA and the U.S. Space Force following the incident. “The SpaceX and Starlink teams are actively working to determine root cause and will rapidly implement any necessary corrective actions,” the company added. 

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