Starlink Satellite 34343 Blew Up in Orbit — It's the Second One in 3 Months

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Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:59:23 +0000

A SpaceX Satellite Just Blew Itself Up in Orbit — And Nobody Can Explain Why

Starlink 34343 scattered “tens of objects” across low-Earth orbit on March 29. It was less than a year old. And it’s the second one to do this in three months.

10,000+ Starlinks in orbit. 3,532 of this exact model. Two unexplained breakups since December. SpaceX says “no risk.” Astrophysicists disagree.

So you’ve got a satellite constellation the size of a small country’s population just… vibing up there at 560 kilometers. And sometimes one of them apparently decides to pop like a balloon at a kid’s birthday party. Cool cool cool.

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Cool. Two satellites spontaneously exploded and 3,530 identical ones are still up there. Now What the Hell Do We Do? ( ͡ಠ ʖ̯ ͡ಠ)

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Quick Hits

Want to… | Do this
See debris in real time | Check LeoLabs and CelesTrak
Track Starlink anomalies | Follow Jonathan McDowell on X and Space-Track.org
Photograph re-entries | Use Heavens-Above to predict when fragments burn up over your location
Understand the risk | Read LeoLabs’ public event reports — they connect the dots between incidents
Stay informed | SpaceNews and Ars Technica space desk cover every anomaly within hours

10,000 satellites. Two unexplained explosions. Zero public root cause analysis. Sleep tight.

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