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Monday 9 November 2026

Starlink satellites in ten puzzles

Ten puzzles on SpaceX's Starlink satellites, from a radio alphabet opener to a harder cipher to finish. Answers are at the foot.

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A Starlink satellite dish on a pole mount. Photo: Wikideas1 / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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In May 2019 a Falcon 9 dropped sixty flat satellites into orbit at once. Look up after dusk and you might catch the train.

A white flat panel Starlink dish on a pole above green farm fields under a blue sky — A Starlink satellite dish on a pole mount. Photo: Wikideas1 / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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