In 2022, the United States wants to play the "rocket show"? It turned out to be a continuous space event, this is not, the "SpaceX40 starlink satellites were destroyed" news has not stopped, and the news of the failure of the LAUNCH of the American Astra rocket has come, and this time even nasa (NASA) multiple satellites have been compensated, what is the situation?
America again! America again! There are really too many things. Of course, here is a hint, before many people did not know which country "SpaceX" is, in fact, it is also the United States.
Therefore, at the beginning of 2022, the United States is in the continuous emergence of rocket problems, which is really regrettable, which shows that there may be many events in space in 2022, and we will look at it step by step.
SpaceX40 Starlink satellites were destroyed, what happened?
This batch of Starlink satellites is a new round of satellite systems launched by SpaceX in the United States, and it is also to quickly complete the construction of the "Starlink System". But unfortunately, this time SpaceX 40 starlink satellites were destroyed, which came from "natural resistance". It is because of the influence of geomagnetic storms, and the source or root cause of geomagnetic storms lies in the sun.
We all know that the sun has an active cycle, and in 2022, the sun is developing towards an extremely active period, that is, towards what we call a maximum period, and is expected to reach its peak around 2025. Therefore, as long as the sun is highly active, it is possible to bring about multiple geomagnetic storms. After the occurrence of geomagnetic storms, it will have an impact on satellites, power grids, etc.
The geomagnetic storm is divided into five levels according to the grade, G1 to G5, and this time it is the G1 level, which brings this situation, and you can imagine how much impact it has. Experts also believe that there may be more similar situations in the future, so humans need to be vigilant.
This time, the US SpaceX launched a total of 49 satellites, of which at least 40 starlink satellites were destroyed and have entered the atmosphere and been burned.
According to the estimated situation, the cost of a single satellite of Starlink is close to $500,000 (including launch costs). Therefore, the initial estimate is that the loss of the satellite itself alone is 20 million US dollars (about 128 million yuan), which can be said to be quite large, in addition, the company also claims that each satellite weighs less than 260 kilograms, whether it is falling or satellites in orbit will not pose any danger. So don't worry.
This also shows a problem, the emergence of geomagnetic storms to the satellite system threat is very large, depending on the future we have no way to change the satellite for the changes in geomagnetic storms, so as not to produce stronger geomagnetic storms in the future, directly lead to the paralysis of the global satellite system, which is the reason why "SpaceX40 starlink satellites were destroyed". However, the satellite incident in the United States has not subsided, yes! America is at fault again!
America again! Four NASA satellites were destroyed again
What's going on here? SpaceX 40 starlink satellites destroyed, NASA satellites also destroyed? Indeed, this thing is true. This was a rocket launch from Astra, a private rocket company in the United States, carrying 4 NASA satellites, and the result was destroyed.
According to the report, at about 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 11, 2022, the US private rocket company Astra performed its first commercial launch, the launch area is located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, using lv0008 carrier rockets, 13 meters long. Unfortunately, however, the rocket launch had problems, failed, and did not enter the intended orbit.
Could it be that geomagnetic storms are "doing the trick"? Is it a geomagnetic storm or a technical problem? This time it is not a problem of geomagnetic storms, according to the available data, the entire rocket is in good condition during the take-off phase.
But only 3 minutes later, when the first and second stages were separated, the attitude of the second stage was problematic, and the rocket appeared in a rotation mode and did not fly in the planned orbit of 500 kilometers. So in the end, after public confirmation by Astra staff, the launch was declared a failure. Of course, this mission was preceded by four space orbit launches, of which only one was successful.
Therefore, from the perspective of the reason, it is still because of the rocket problem, which is completely a technical problem. The satellite carrying 4 NASA also "disappeared".
However, in response to this incident, NASA is still more "friendly", and later, it believes that such a commercial launch attempt is important, thanks to their dedication, and hopes to learn from this lesson. Therefore, in general, NASA does not care about these 4 satellites.
summary
Indeed, the major companies in the United States played the "rocket show" in 2022, which is really an unexpected thing. It can only be said that the "obstruction" of space development is still relatively large for human beings, and any situation may occur in which satellite imbalances, rocket launches and other failures may occur. This regardless of borders, any country may encounter, as the saying goes, "failure is the mother of success", do not be discouraged.
However, the destruction of spaceX40 starlink satellites did sound a wake-up call to mankind, the response to geomagnetic storms, we should accelerate the study, this can not wait, the more active the sun, the world even in orbit satellites may be affected, this is the general situation.