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Search results for "Starlink satellite breaks apart into 'tens of objects'"

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Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post:
Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump.
By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post:
“Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva.
By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022
TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post:
If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone.
By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025
Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 29, 2025
Social Media stated on October 04, 2024 in social media posts:
FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas.
By Madison Czopek• October 8, 2024
Bloggers stated on September 06, 2022 in a blog post:
“The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 7, 2022
Instagram posts stated on October 02, 2024 in Instagram posts:
Vice President Kamala Harris' comments in Augusta, Georgia, show the Biden administration is offering Hurricane Helene victims only $750 in relief.
By Loreben Tuquero• October 4, 2024
Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Mass media destroyed! Blackout for mass arrests event!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 20, 2021
Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2025 in Facebook posts:
Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE.
By Sofia Ahmed• February 13, 2025
Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:
NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.”
By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022
Bloggers stated on March 29, 2018 in a blog post:
NASA Has Just Confirmed Earth Has A New Moon
By Miriam Valverde• March 30, 2018
Viral image stated on October 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The day Al Gore was born there were 130,000 glaciers on Earth. Today, only 130,000 remain.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 5, 2021
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”
By Maria Briceño• November 19, 2024
Social Media stated on February 24, 2025 in in social media posts:
Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election.
By Jeff Cercone• February 26, 2025
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook reel:
There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real.
By Sofia Ahmed• April 18, 2024
Instagram posts stated on November 16, 2023 in Instagram posts:
Video shows Israeli soldiers “raising their flag” over al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
By Loreben Tuquero• November 21, 2023
Ron Johnson stated on October 25, 2016 in a radio ad:
Says it’s not possible for some Wisconsin residents to watch Packers games, "they’re forced to watch Viking games," so he "got a law passed to fix" the problem.
By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2016
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.:
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010
Jim Bridenstine stated on June 11, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning."
By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2013
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on July 23, 2018 in a tweet:
In New York City, "for every one person experiencing homelessness here, there are about three vacant apartments."  
By Jon Greenberg• July 25, 2018

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Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up

By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019

12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024

Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance?

By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024

Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines

By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024

2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods

By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024

Ask PolitiFact: Did Vladimir Putin say that Russia would not target or harm Ukrainian civilians?

By Madison Czopek• March 21, 2022

Is this a coup? Here’s some history and context to help you decide

By Louis Jacobson• January 6, 2021

‘The California price’: Why it costs so much to build a home in the Golden State

By Chris Nichols• November 19, 2019

Fact-checking claims about Breonna Taylor’s death

By Noah Y. Kim, Miriam Valverde• September 25, 2020

Sorting out fact from fiction in the Florida recounts

By Kyra Haas, Amy Sherman• November 14, 2018

Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like?

By Manuela Tobias• August 13, 2018

Is Stockton really home to ‘second highest rent increases’ in the nation? There’s no simple answer.

By Chris Nichols• October 10, 2019

Mailbag: 'I rate your piece False'

By Louis Jacobson• November 28, 2014

The year in social media claims, from True to Pants on Fire

By Louis Jacobson• December 26, 2013

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024

Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon

By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023

Fact-checking conspiracy theories about the death of Michael Stenger, former Senate sergeant-at-arms

By Bill McCarthy• June 29, 2022

Mailbag: 'Get a spine and call it right'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 1, 2009

Donald Trump’s executive action on student loans, explained

By Sophie Austin• August 11, 2020

Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026