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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-...

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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.

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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.
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