SpaceX plan to put 42,000 satellites in orbit could face a big legal roadblock
On July 23, 2025, SpaceX successfully launched the first two Starlink test satellites (named Tintin A and Tintin B) from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California.SpaceX The number of satellites shot into orbit is about to rocket. And astronomers are none too happy about it. Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has already announced plans to launch a constellation of up to 42,000Starlink satellites. Other groups such as the UK’s OneWeb have plans for their own smaller scale launches, still numbering in the hundreds....