It was noted that 40 of the satellites sent to space by the US space shuttle and rocket manufacturer SpaceX as part of the Starlink project fell due to a geomagnetic storm caused by the sun.
According to the reports in AA, SpaceX’s fleet of 49 mini-satellites launched last week, 40 of which reportedly went out of orbit as a result of being caught up in a geomagnetic storm.
As part of the Starlink internet network project, information was shared that these satellites, which had just been sent to space, had disintegrated due to excessive friction caused by the solar storm making the atmosphere denser.
SpaceX’s ground controllers tried to save the flat-panel satellites by putting them into a kind of hibernation and flying them in such a way as to minimize friction, but the satellites could not climb to a more stable orbit due to the fact that atmospheric gravity is very strong, it was noted.
SpaceX called this a “unique situation”, stressing that the satellites weighing 260 kilograms each do not pose any danger to other satellites in orbit or to the earth.
SpaceX still has about 2 thousand Starlink satellites orbiting the earth and providing internet service to different regions.
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