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Starlink quietly lost over $250,000,000 in burned satellites this summer.

HairyLeg

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Starlink quietly lost over $250,000,000 in burned satellites this summer.​

Between date of July 16th to September 16th over 200 satellites have burned up according to the satellitemap.space tracker for Elon Musks' Starlink constellation.

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Do we know the reason for these burn ups? are they ones scheduled for deorbit / end of life or are they failures?
 
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I recall there being one batch of 49 Starlink's that suffered as their deployment occurred around the same time as a major solar flare, so it seems plausible that this would be the main cause.


But in the past I've also read about some general failures too and a few were sacrificed during testing, to trial de-orbit measures.
 
I recall there being one batch of 49 Starlink's that suffered as their deployment occurred around the same time as a major solar flare, so it seems plausible that this would be the main cause.
Indeed, but the striking thing is the sheer number of satellites lost in a short period of time.

Will be interesting to see what happens if this becomes more common and whether SpaceX can flex enough to work around it without disrupting the service.
 
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Do we know the reason for these burn ups? are they ones scheduled for deorbit / end of life or are they failures?
Most satellites seem to be low orbit, so they just getting orbit decay I guess.
 
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