technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month ago

The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites

www.newscientist.com

The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites

www.newscientist.com

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technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month ago

There have never been so many satellites orbiting Earth as there are today, thanks in part to the launch of mega constellations like SpaceX's Starlink internet service - and now we are learning just how the sun's activity can affect them

https://archive.ph/lzJSe

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who could’ve thought that there was going to be a big bright and hot star just eight light-minutes away from the satellites?

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