Experts Warn How Powerful Solar Storms Can Possible Destroy Satellites - Nature World News


3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 2 months ago
by Rain Jordan

SpaceX deployed 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk's Starlink internet project on Feb. 4, 2022, with most of them burning up in the atmosphere days later. A geomagnetic storm induced by the Sun was the cause of this more than $50 million disaster.

SpaceX deployed 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk's Starlink internet project on Feb. 4, 2022, with most of them burning up in the atmosphere days later. A geomagnetic storm induced by the Sun was t… [+6104 chars]

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