SpaceX lose 40 Starlink satellites due to geomagnetic storm | Elon Musk

NEW STARLINK VIDEO: This video shows the Starlink satellites train seen from earth. Starlink is the name for a satellite constellation that was constructed by Elon Musk in order to provide fast satellite Internet access. The constellation will consist of several thouasands of small starlink satellites in low Earth orbit, which will work together. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 49 Starlink satellites on Thursday (Feb. 3) from NASA’s historic Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A day later, a geomagnetic storm above Earth increased the density of the atmosphere slightly, increasing drag on the satellites and dooming most of them. Geomagnetic storms occur when intense solar wind near Earth spawns shifting currents and plasmas in Earth’s magnetosphere, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center , which is operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and starlink geomagnetic storm Atmospheric Administration. This interaction can warm Earth’s upper atmosp