SpaceX: Lost 40 Starlink satellites:
-Cannot move to operational altitude due to geomagnetic storms-
February 8, 2022
US SpaceX:
Of the 49 communication satellites Starlink launched on February 3,
Forty aircraft were unable to reach operational altitude due to a geomagnetic storm and announced that they would re-enter the atmosphere.
Re-entry into the atmosphere:
Re-entry is a measure to protect the safety of the orbit and is “to prevent space debris of the satellite”.
Starlink satellite
Operations team
The satellite was put into safe mode with the attitude of minimizing atmospheric resistance.
U.S. Space Force 18th Space Control Corps
LeoLabs
He was closely watching the satellite status in cooperation with Leo Labs, a space situation awareness (SSA) service.
Measures for re-entry into the atmosphere:
SpaceX is a re-entry measure to prevent the satellite from becoming space debris and falling to the ground.
-Yahoo! News
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/akiyamaayano/20220209-00281382
SpaceX – Updates
GEOMAGNETIC STORM AND RECENTLY DEPLOYED STARLINK SATELLITES
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
On Thursday, February 3 at 1:13 p.m. EST,
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 approximately 210 kilometers above Earth, and each satellite achieved controlled flight.Unfortunately,
the satellites deployed on Thursday
were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday.These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at our low deployment altitudes to increase.