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Earth’s orbit place

Named in 3 reports across 2 stories - 15 Sept – 25 Oct
15 Sept 202625 Oct 2026

The web around Earth’s orbit

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Earth’s orbit. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Earth’s orbit.

Elon Musk and SpaceX share 1 reportElon Musk and US military share 1 reportAnalysts and Washington share 1 reportSpaceX and US military share 1 reportTroy Meink and Washington share 1 reportElon Musk and Trump administration share 1 reportUS secretary of the air force and Washington share 1 reportAnalysts and Troy Meink share 1 reportTroy Meink and US military share 1 reportSpaceX and Trump administration share 1 reportUS military and Washington share 1 reportUS military and US secretary of the air force share 1 reportAir and Gen Dan Caine share 1 reportTroy Meink and US secretary of the air force share 1 reportAnalysts and US secretary of the air force share 1 reportTrump administration and US military share 1 reportAnalysts and US military share 1 reportEarth’s orbitUS militaryUS military - 2 shared reports (organization)AirAir - 1 shared report (organization)AnalystsAnalysts - 1 shared report (organization)Elon MuskElon Musk - 1 shared report (person)Gen Dan Cai…Gen Dan Caine - 1 shared report (person)SpaceXSpaceX - 1 shared report (organization)Troy MeinkTroy Meink - 1 shared report (person)Trump admin…Trump administration - 1 shared report (organization)US secretar…US secretary of the air force - 1 shared report (organization)WashingtonWashington - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

SpaceX says some travelers are skipping direct options just to fly on a plane with Starlink

97 outlets1 report names Earth’s orbit5 Aug – 26 Oct

US has weapons deployed in orbit, Space Force says

58 outlets2 reports name Earth’s orbit14 Sept – 23 Oct

People they appear with

Elon Musk1Gen Dan Caine1Troy Meink1

Places in the same coverage

Washington1

Organisations in the same coverage

US military2Air1Analysts1SpaceX1Trump administration1US secretary of the air force1

Who keeps naming them

The Guardian World3

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