40 SpaceX Starlink satellites may have been destroyed by a geomagnetic storm

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink just got dealt an expensive blow — the company’s currently estimating that 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites it launched on February 3rd will be destroyed because of a geomagnetic storm. The storm caused “up to 50 percent higher drag than during previous launches,” keeping the deployed satellites from reaching their proper orbit around the Earth. And while Starlink tried to fly them “edge-on (like a sheet of…

"40 SpaceX Starlink satellites may have been destroyed by a geomagnetic storm"