The Loss of Starlink Satellites in February 2022: How Moderate Geomagnetic Storms Can Adversely Affect Assets in Low‐Earth Orbit

The Loss of Starlink Satellites in February 2022: How Moderate Geomagnetic Storms Can Adversely Affect Assets in Low‐Earth Orbit

Abstract On 3 February 2022, SpaceX launched 49 Starlink satellites, 38 of which unexpectedly de‐orbited. Although this event was attributed to space weather, definitive causality remained elusive because space weather conditions were not extreme. In this study, we identify solar sources of the inte...

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Main Authors: Yoshita Baruah, Souvik Roy, Suvadip Sinha, Erika Palmerio, Sanchita Pal, Denny M. Oliveira, Dibyendu Nandy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-04-01
Series:Space Weather
Subjects:
geomagnetic storms
coronal mass ejections
high speed streams
magnetohydrodynamic modeling
satellite orbital decay
space weather
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003716
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