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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by jjtheblunt on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @10:42PM (#30268499)
> 50 years ago, losing 40 satellites would have been a significant portion

made me think "100 years ago, it would have been (40/0)*0.01 = infinity percent", which probably means i need to lay off the coffee a bit.

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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by kortex on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:48PM (#30268962)
Is it bad that my thought in response was, well if you consider suborbital rockets a fractional satellite, then you can analytically continue the function of satellites over time all the way back to the invention of blackpowder? 1 satellite = ability to orbit at least once = ~150 km apogee. So a 150m launch would be 1 millisatellite...

I too probably should lay off the coffee.

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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by barbazoo on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:08PM (#30268689)
Should be more than zero though, no?

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/an-early-history-of-sa...

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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by jjtheblunt on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:20PM (#30268764)
in the jpg from CalTech, I'm not seeing any satellites in orbit in 1922.

is that what you're meaning?

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Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm by barbazoo on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:49AM (#30274841)
Right. I still had 50 years in my head. Maybe I should have had another cup of coffee.
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