Geomagnetic storm sends 40 Starlink satellites plummeting to Earth

a reply to: cmdrkeenkid

How many satellites do you see on a nightly basis?

Exactly. And how many of those 7k satellites are visible like star link?

a reply to: cmdrkeenkid

You never seem to speak out against anything but SpaceX. You realize there are others as well, right?

Starlink is the front runner and is the biggest problem at the moment but I did mention other systems in my last post.

Starlink plan to add another 40.000 satellites to their system and others will follow with their own rival systems.

They are all part of the same problem , just some people seem to get touchy when I criticise Starlink.

SpaceX is a great company and Elon is a genius , never thought I'd see a rocket lift off and land until he / they did it , it's still a mind blowing achievement but that doesn't mean he / they get a free ride if I disagree with something he / they do.

a reply to: ThatDamnDuckAgain

Quite a lot if you know when and where to look and given the right seeing! Just like when they're in the proper orbit the Starlink satellites will not pose any issues.

How many tracks from Starlink have you seen so far? I've only managed to see it three times, and two of those I was deliberately looking for them.

a reply to: gortex

You only call Starlink out by name, so that's the only reason I ask about your bias. I'm not a huge Elon fan boy. His companies are great, but he's not the messiah they make him out to be.

Some thing odd is going on with the dates?
this for esample
Geomagnetic Storm Dooms 40 Starlink Internet Satellites

"by Tyler Durden, Wednesday, Feb 09, 2022 - 06:45 PM
Starlink experienced a devastating space-weather impact last
Friday when a geomagnetic storm forced
"dozens" of newly launched low Earth"

and www.rt.com...
with a date time of 9 Feb, 2022 16:42 .

the 9th was Wensday? but the rocket was said to Launch thursday ?
and went bad friday.
So How can it be reported on wensday at 16:42?

yes the first one said friday.
but they Both have a Date of the 9th.
witch is wensday, before the launch.

They Keep making mistakes. and people keep hiding them.
First thing I think is they kept it quit to give them time to sell there Shares in it.