{"id":555535,"date":"2026-03-31T04:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/555535\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:50:11","slug":"starlink-loses-contact-with-satellite-in-orbit-days-away-from-artemis-ii-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/555535\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink loses contact with satellite in orbit days away from Artemis II launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Video shared in a fireball report on the American Meteor Society website by Alli Ortega shows a reported Starlink internet satellite breaking up over Texas early Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/space-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Space<\/a> lovers have had an active month of news as of late, with recent meteor sightings, solar flares and the launch of <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/artemis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Artemis<\/a> II approaching this week.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On Sunday, Starlink satellite 34343 experienced an &#8220;anomaly&#8221; during its orbit, resulting in the loss of communications with the satellite, according to Starlink.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/meet-astronauts-preparing-humanitys-return-moon-artemis-ii-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MEET THE ASTRONAUTS PREPARING FOR HUMANITY\u2019S RETURN TO THE MOON ON THE ARTEMIS II MISSION<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">This comes as a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-a-solar-flare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">solar flare<\/a> caught the attention of <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NASA<\/a> officials on Sunday, with the launch of Artemis II just days away.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/location.png\" alt=\"Intelsat satellite artist animation\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Intelsat satellite artist animation<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (Intelsat \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The latest analysis shows that the International Space Station was under no risk at the time of this event, and that there is no renewed threat to its crew.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Officials said this will not affect the launch of <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/artemis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Artemis<\/a> II on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">As a result of the recent solar flare event, SpaceX and Starlink teams will be working to determine the cause of the satellite losing communications, which happened at about 347 miles above <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/earth-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Earth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/nasa-no-cause-concern-solar-flare-event-before-artemis-ii-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SOLAR FLARE EVENT HAPPENS DAYS BEFORE ARTEMIS II MISSION. NASA SAID THEY&#8217;RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;The SpaceX and Starlink teams are actively working to determine the root cause and will rapidly implement any necessary corrective actions,&#8221; a statement from Starlink reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video shared in a fireball report on the American Meteor Society website by Alli Ortega shows a reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[504,230004,718,79,193,953,46320,1513,230006],"class_list":["post-555535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-artemis","tag-earth-space","tag-nasa","tag-science","tag-space","tag-space-weather","tag-spaceflight","tag-spacex","tag-stay22"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}