SpaceX Starlink has been on a satellite launch spree lately. Last week, the Elon Musk-owned company successfully sent 24 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenbueg Space Force base, and now it is planning to add 28 more satellites to its constellation.

See photos from the Starlink 10-26 mission, which launched 5:01 a.m. July 26 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The issue concerns sunlight reflecting off the satellites’ surfaces. SpaceX has attempted to reduce the brightness of the reflected light by coating the satellites in a dark material, and also by adding reflective film to redirect the sunlight away from Earth.

A new bill may open the door for the FAA to charge licensing fees on space launches starting in 2026, with an initial cap of $30,000 per launch.

A rare global interruption in the Starlink satellite Internet network knocked subscribers offline for more than two hours on Thursday, the longest widespread outage since SpaceX opened the service to consumers nearly five years ago.

(WSET) — Many in our viewing area have reported seeing a strange light in the sky Saturday morning. That light was actually from an early-morning SpaceX launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to the SpaceX website, at 5:01 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral.

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation that works as an international telecommunication provider, part of the American aerospace company SpaceX, founded by controversial billionaire Musk. The network provides coverage to around 130 countries and territories, aiming to provide global mobile broadband.

China’s biggest networks have deployed less than 1 percent of their planned satellites, falling far behind SpaceX for dominance in space communications.