NASA Reveals What Made an Entire Starlink Satellite Fleet Go Down

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By Nandan Yadav

Date:- 09 April 2023

On March 23, sky watchers were awestruck by a spectacular display of the northern and southern lights.

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It was a reminder that when our Sun becomes active, it can spark a phenomenon called "space weather."

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Auroras are among the most benign effects of this phenomenon.

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At the other end of the space weather spectrum are solar storms that can destroy satellites.

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The folks at Starlink found that out the hard way in February 2022.

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 On 29 January that year, the Sun fired a class M 1.1 flare and associated coronal mass ejection.

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