Space Weather Environment During the SpaceX Starlink Satellite Loss in February 2022

Fang, Tzu‐Wei; Kubaryk, Adam; Goldstein, David; Li, Zhuxiao; J. Fuller‐Rowell, T.; Millward, George; J. Singer, H.; A. Steenburgh, R.; Westerman, Solomon; Babcock, Erik

doi:10.1029/2022sw003193

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Space Weather Environment During the SpaceX Starlink Satellite Loss in February 2022

Published in Space Weather • Nov 1, 2022

Authors:

Tzu‐Wei Fang

Adam Kubaryk

David Goldstein

Abstract

Abstract On 3 February 2022, SpaceX Starlink launched and subsequently lost 38 of 49 satellites due to enhanced neutral density associated with a geomagnetic storm. This study examines the space weather conditions related to the satellite loss, based on observations, forecasts, and numerical simulat...

Subject

Space weather

Satellite

Environmental science

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