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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by bryanlarsen on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @10:28PM (#30268404)
Even more strongly, SpaceX launches to a ~200km orbit and has the satellites raise themselves. This way any satellites without attitude control deorbit immediately.

Also, the vast majority of SpaceX satellites will be at 350km.

Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by shagie on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @10:49PM (#30268560)
Your numbers are a bit on the low side.

They start off at a 350 km ( https://in-the-sky.org/spacecraft.php?id=50803 was launched earlier this year).

They then raise them to about a 550 km orbit for its operational lifetime ( https://in-the-sky.org/spacecraft.php?id=45102 )

And then they lower it a bit, and it decays more rapidly ( https://in-the-sky.org/spacecraft.php?id=44249 )

Another one that didn't go operational - https://in-the-sky.org/spacecraft.php?id=44282 - you can see it go up, fail, get lowered, and decay.

Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by bryanlarsen on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:27PM (#30268819)
The VLEO orbit for Gen2 is 340km, and will comprise the bulk of the satellites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#cite_note-sn20170917-...

Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by shagie on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:37PM (#30268883)
> SpaceX has two constellation applications pending FCC approval — one for a 4,425 satellite constellation operating in Ka- and Ku-band from around 1,200 kilometers, and another for 7,518 V-band satellites flying between 335 and 345 kilometers.

I am not aware of any Starlink satellites currently in either of those two orbits.

Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by bryanlarsen on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:50AM (#30269382)
Yes, I used future tense in my comments.