SpaceX loses contact with another Starlink satellite

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SpaceX has revealed that it has lost contact with one of its Starlink satellites.

On X (Twitter), the company confirmed that satellite 34343 "experienced an anomaly" in orbit about 560km above Earth. It didn't clarify what, exactly, this "anomaly" was, but it did note that the event poses no risk to the International Space Station, its crew or NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission, the agency's first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years.

SpaceX added that it's actively working to determine the root cause of the event and take any necessary corrective actions.

Notably, a similar incident occurred with a Starlink satellite in December. But even if that didn't happen, it's not exactly surprising to see this kind of news from an Elon Musk company, given how many notable issues there have been at the likes of Tesla and X.