Sudden geomagnetic storm Up to 40 moons of Musk's star chain were damaged

Recently, due to the sudden geomagnetic storm, 40 of the 49 starlink satellites launched by Musk's Space X company on the 3rd of this month were affected and damaged the next day. It is also the largest damage caused by a single geomagnetic storm to a neo-Earth satellite. As a result of this geomagnetic storm, the satellites were severely affected, warming the atmosphere in the area where the satellites were located, increasing in density and increasing atmospheric resistance by up to 50 per cent compared to previous launch levels. The Starlink team then switched the satellite to safe flight mode. Let the satellite fly sideways to reduce the friction caused by the satellite's contact with the atmosphere.

However, according to space X officials, most of the satellites involved in this incident have not been able to switch back to normal mode after entering safe mode, so as many as 40 satellites will re-enter or have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, and there is even a risk of falling. At present, the official solution is to wait for the Starlink satellite to reach the predetermined orbital altitude, the satellite is initially tested in the low Earth orbit, if there is a problem, it will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere under the operation of ground controllers and burn it up in the process by using friction with the atmosphere, so as not to interfere with other satellites and threaten the safety of ground personnel.

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