Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm
by bryanlarsen on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @11:27PM
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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
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> 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
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Yes, I used future tense in my comments.
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.