** The Official Space Flight Thread - The Space Station and Beyond **

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Second stage recovery was abandoned a while back I think, although Wiki says they might reattempt at some point? The Dragon "trunk" section is jettisoned and burns up.

First stage/boosters, and fairings all recovered though for reuse.
 
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Mr Musk plans to deliver broadband internet around the world, using 42,000 satellites.
His Space X company has launched more than 800 into orbit already and hopes to have 12,000 in the sky by 2026.

Quoted from the BBC Tech webpage, I'm sure the service will be great but really, another 42,000 satellites! We kept getting told of all the junk already floating around up there, is this really worth it?
 
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Mr Musk plans to deliver broadband internet around the world, using 42,000 satellites.
His Space X company has launched more than 800 into orbit already and hopes to have 12,000 in the sky by 2026.

Quoted from the BBC Tech webpage, I'm sure the service will be great but really, another 42,000 satellites! We kept getting told of all the junk already floating around up there, is this really worth it?

Yeah seems crazy, I thought there were plans to develop satellites that would destroy space junk?

Must be a right squeeze up there.
 
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Yup there is a lot of stuff orbiting the planet:

https://celestrak.com/cesium/orbit-...g.txt&satcat=/pub/satcat.txt&referenceFrame=1

Mr Musk plans to deliver broadband internet around the world, using 42,000 satellites.
His Space X company has launched more than 800 into orbit already and hopes to have 12,000 in the sky by 2026.

Quoted from the BBC Tech webpage, I'm sure the service will be great but really, another 42,000 satellites! We kept getting told of all the junk already floating around up there, is this really worth it?
the aim is to supply decent internet to areas that are not currently serviced or have very poor infrastructure, up to you whether you think thats worth it or not :)
 
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