News about Starlink

Targeting Friday, May 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida → spacex.com/launches

Starlink precipitation report May 16: Only 3 reentries today, S-2269 (1500-1700 UTC, unknown location) and S-3108 (1813 UTC, Indian Ocean), S-5105 (2120 UTC, S Atlantic)

Been seeing a lot of comments on the lifetime of Starlinks sats, with all the retirements. How do the actual lifetimes compare with the reported intent of ~ 5 years?

CelesTrak has pre-launch SupGP data for the @Starlink Group 6-59 launch from Cape Canaveral on 2024-05-18 at 00:32:00 UTC: celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g6-59. Deployment of 23 satellites at 01:37:23.020 UTC. Data for 8 backup launch opportunities also provided: celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/. pic.twitter.com/UrsOR8NuW5