Sun blast kills batch of Starlink satellites, will burn up reentering
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Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced that numerous Starlink satellites were impacted by a geomagnetic storm caused by the Sun.
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There are 3,457 active Starlink satellites at this moment. : r/interestingasfuck
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Why do Starlink satellites burn themselves when they are done? Why don't they just push themselves to the empty space when they is no longer usable? This way, we never see them