MOSCOW, February 14 American entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company SpaceX plans to remove 100 legacy Starlink satellites from Earth's orbit, SpaceNews reports, citing an official statement.
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"Today, these satellites are maneuverable and serve users efficiently, but the Starlink team has discovered a common problem in this small group of satellites that may lead to problems in the future,” the company’s document says.
As journalists noted, early version satellites will be removed from orbit, malfunctions of which can lead to problems maneuvering these spacecraft, and the process itself will take six months.
Starlink is a satellite network designed to provide broadband Internet access anywhere on the planet. The project has been implemented by SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, since 2018. Currently, there are about 4.2 thousand Starlink satellites operating in orbit.