Starlink launch Vandenberg
SpaceX started launching a new group of Starlink satellites to sun-synchronous orbits in July, putting them in the path of debris created by a Russian ASAT test last year.

Debris from a Russian antisatellite weapon demonstration that caused “squalls” of close approaches to satellites earlier this year is now affecting a new series of Starlink satellites.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...