Geomagnetic Storm Affects Recently Deployed Starlink Satellites
A geomagnetic storm is affecting some of the Starlink satellites that were boosted into orbit last Thursday.
On February 3, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9’s second stage deployed the satellites into their intended orbit, with a perigee of a…
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