Charles W. Moore
Occasional thoughts and deeds of an Engineer
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5 G Antennas for the RV Community
Posted on February 11th, 2022 No commentsAs of February 2022 -
Geomagnetic storm: 40 sats doomed
Posted on February 11th, 2022 No comments“A powerful geomagnetic storm has doomed 40 Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX last week, the company has announced.
Elon Musk’s company launched a Falcon 9 rocket bearing the 49 satellites from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday (Feb. 3), but a geomagnetic storm that struck a day later sent the satellites plummeting back toward Earth, where they will burn up in the atmosphere.” Shown below is an Astra launch and not a SpaceX launch shown for dramatic effect