Starlink to Lower Satellite Orbits for Safety in 2026

Starlink, a company that provides internet from space, is planning to move its satellites closer to Earth.

Right now, they are about 550 kilometers up, but next year, they will move them to 480 kilometers.

This is to make space safer.

There are a lot of satellites and other things in space, and moving Starlink's satellites lower will help them avoid hitting these objects.

Recently, one of Starlink's satellites had a problem and created some small pieces of space junk.

Moving the satellites lower will help prevent this from happening again because there is less junk and fewer other satellites at that altitude.