Elon Musk’s Sad Story and His Unsuccessful Mission With 49 Satellites
Elon Musk's space exploration technologies corporation, SpaceX, said no debris is predicted to hit the bottom as 40 satellites are re-entering or already entered the Earth's atmosphere. There's no risk of collision with other satellites, the company said. The 49 satellites were launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on February 3 and were placed in initial orbit, closer to Earth. the company said it placed the satellites in a close-by orbit to hold out final checks before flying them into space. Around 40 of them were struck and destroyed by a geomagnetic storm on Feb 4. A geomagnetic storm is a space weather event, caused by ejections of the solar corona into space, resulting in disturbances in the Earth's upper atmosphere and increased drag on objects in low orbits. ...
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