How the sun JUST destroyed 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites

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On Feb. 8, #SpaceX acknowledged up to 40 of their new #Starlink satellites were likely destroyed by a solar storm. How did this happen? I explain how a Geomagnetic Storm can influence Earth's atmosphere, and the impact to satellites in low Earth orbit. #Space Weather.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:52 What is Starlink
1:13 What is Space Weather
3:06 Timeline of Failure
5:08 The science behind the failure
9:28 Conclusion/Summary

[NStewWX]

Hey everyone! Here's another more in-depth story on a science-y topic, this time covering the major SpaceX Starlink failure.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:52 What is Starlink
1:13 What is Space Weather
3:06 Timeline of Failure
5:08 The science behind the failure
9:28 Conclusion/Summary

[joshh]

This was an awesome explanation! Read about it online but I could really understand with visuals. Excellent video as always!

[malcolmrothery]

If a huge solar storm hit Earth we would have to rewrite John Lennon's song:
Imagine no mobile phones,
No Twitter or Facebook too
People talking together
Without looking at their shoe

Come on Sun, give us a blast!

[infinateU]

The sun destroyed starlink because earths Poles are on an UNPRECEDENTED excursion, dropping earths Magnetic Shield ~ 20%, letting a weak ass CME destroy musk.

[jerkyturkey]

I'm curious about what the intended latitude of the failed satellites was. Also what other orbiting devices had problems?

[oscarrodriguez]

But no other satellites were affected? The solar storm just doesnt like the starlink satellites. Interesting how it particularly choose starlink omly and not the atnt satellite near by

[YkRiftyy]

Great video keep up the awesome work 🔥

[kentmattingley]

You failed to mention that the earth's magnetosphere has weakened substantially, meaning it should not have impacted the satellites as much as it did

[peterdziuk]

So were any other satellites destroyed or just StarLinks?

[fatmajinbuu]

Dude, have you considered becoming a lecturer or something I mean I know jackshit about space and you got me hooked so hard about this topic lolll

[stevenphillip]

this was a directed energy weapon they use to modify the weather

[ricklynch]

The sun did nothing new. What’s new is earth’s magnetosphere is getting weaker and weaker.

[infinateU]

Ok, 1 problem with the infamous “bogg Theory”, starlink has SUCCESSFULLY launched within STRONGER Geomagnetic Storm(s) before ...

[Knight-RaveN-Rollers]

Negative.... the suns output did not destroy these satellites period.

[jamesstamper]

Excellent job !! You should definitely do more of these videos. It helped me to understand what happened much better. Looking forward to hearing more news in the future.

[frankdatank]

Cool videos I learned a lot and would like you to do more of these videos plz

[gaillove]

Thank you for this explanation. It was so simple and straight to the point. A lot of us have been wondering why this happened and now we know!

[Farmaci]

This was a very educational so please, make more of these videos. Thanks

[boathemian]

Seems like cluttering up an already full junkyard orbiting our planet isn’t an awesome thing to do.

[GBeats]

The irony of only the 40 space x satellites getting affected…. So what happened to all the other satellites???