Looking for something to do this weekend? Arizonans could catch the first Starlink satellite launch in more than a week from neighboring California.

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Californians could catch a Starlink satellite launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The issue concerns sunlight reflecting off the satellites’ surfaces. SpaceX has attempted to reduce the brightness of the reflected light by coating the satellites in a dark material, and also by adding reflective film to redirect the sunlight away from Earth.

A rare global interruption in the Starlink satellite Internet network knocked subscribers offline for more than two hours on Thursday, the longest widespread outage since SpaceX opened the service to consumers nearly five years ago.

Starlink is a satellite internet constellation that works as an international telecommunication provider, part of the American aerospace company SpaceX, founded by controversial billionaire Musk. The network provides coverage to around 130 countries and territories, aiming to provide global mobile broadband.

China’s biggest networks have deployed less than 1 percent of their planned satellites, falling far behind SpaceX for dominance in space communications.

SpaceX added 24 new Starlink satellites to its orbital network on a Friday night (July 18) launch from California.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will deploy a payload of Starlink internet satellites in low-Earth orbit after ascending along a southeasterly trajectory.