40 Starlinks Fail Due to Geomagnetic Storm Drag: SpaceX
Forty of its Starlink broadband satellites launched last week have re-entered the atmosphere or will do so soon, after a geomagnetic storm warmed the atmosphere, increasing atmospheric density, SpaceX said Tuesday. The increased drag prevented the satellites from being able…
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to begin orbit-raising maneuvers, it said, adding they pose no risk to other satellites.