I think Starlink is in a low enough orbit that the Earth's magnetic field will protect them from the CME charged particles that fry geostationary satellites. I suppose a bad solar flare might actually help Starlink if it takes out the competition. Better keep a close eye on any Starships flying off towards the Sun, we don't want any funny business.
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:17 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let's just say for arguments sake that Starlink gets a functional > constellation in place with, oh, 2,000 satellites in orbit. Everything > goes just swell, and they grow the constellation to 4,000 satellites by > the end of 2022. > > In January 2023 the sun erupts with a massive CME and kills 75% of the > satellites. not to mention similar percentages of the GPS sats and > whatever else is in orbit at the time. > > Whoops. > > What next? > > -- > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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