According to the Global Network reported on February 10, according to the latest news released by the US Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX), due to the impact of geomagnetic storms caused by the solar wind, the 40 "Starlink" satellites of the Space Exploration Technology Company have deviated from low Earth orbit and are about to enter the atmosphere and burn.
It is understood that a total of 49 "Starlink" satellites in the afternoon of February 3, by the "Falcon 9" heavy rocket into a 210-kilometer high low Earth orbit, according to the predetermined plan these satellites also need to be raised to an altitude of 540 kilometers to work normally, but who expected the solar storm to suddenly hit, violent geomagnetic storms directly triggered the rapid expansion of the earth's upper atmosphere, which directly made the upper atmosphere density increase, as soon as the space technology exploration company tried to do everything possible to help satellites reduce atmospheric drag, But the final results show that only 9 of the 49 Starlink satellites are working properly, and the remaining 40 may have re-entered the atmosphere.
Although Musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technology Company, has compressed the manufacturing cost of the "Falcon 9" rocket and the "Starlink" satellite to less than $15 million and $500,000, the loss still caused a lot of losses, especially for the Internet constellation of Space Exploration Technology Company, which caused a lot of damage, and the accident also further deepened concerns about the safety of the "Starlink" satellite network. If the obstruction of the Internet constellation plan has hit Musk a lot, then india's heavy industry minister's ban on Tesla electric vehicles has really hit Musk's sore spot.
Indian officials stressed that the Indian government will never allow Tesla to create jobs for China while seizing the Indian market. Although Musk began to plan to develop the Indian tram market as early as last year, who expected that the printing and heavy industry department took the lead in asking Tesla to start producing cars in India first, because the Indian government insisted that once Tesla entered the Indian market, it should give all the jobs to Indians. Although Tesla's success in the Chinese market has greatly alleviated Musk's financial pressure, whether to build a factory in India is a huge test. Compared with the Chinese market, India not only does not have a perfect infrastructure construction, but also lacks sufficient policy support, although Tesla has repeatedly written to the Indian Ministry of Transport and Industry, hoping to reduce the import tariff on electric vehicles from the current 60% to 40%, but who expected the Indian government to explicitly refuse, and gave a "justifiable" reason: India has allowed Tesla to import unsafely assembled vehicles at a lower tax rate for assembly and production in India.
Although India wants to compete with China in everything, it turns out that the Modi government wants to achieve more than 30% of private electric vehicle coverage by 2030 is a fool's dream!