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SpaceX flies the first mission to a perpetual-sunlight orbit

development2026-01-12

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SpaceX launched its first Twilight mission to a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, securing perpetual sunlight for future orbital data centers.

Reporting date: 2026-01-12 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 12, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to January 12, 2026

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SpaceX flies the first mission to a perpetual-sunlight orbit
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-01-12
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-12-twilight-dawn-dusk-orbit
Claim: SpaceX launched its first Twilight mission to a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit, securing perpetual sunlight for future orbital data centers.
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- Welcome to January 12, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-12-2026
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