Solar Storm Dooms 40 SpaceX Internet Satellites

Solar Storm Dooms 40 SpaceX Internet Satellites
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens during a conversation with legendary game designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 13, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink was hammered by a geomagnetic storm last week, causing them to de-orbit or crash back to earth, according to a SpaceX post on Tuesday.

“Unfortunately, the satellites deployed on Thursday were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday. These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at our low deployment altitudes to increase,” the post said.

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Jack Phillips
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