A bad enough solar flare is expected to take out parts of the power grid all over earth. I would think those are well inside the magnetosphere.
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On 11/18/2020 2:54 PM, castarritt
wrote:
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?
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