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Geomagnetic Storm Takes Out Dozens of SpaceX Satellites

SpaceX has revealed it could lose nearly all of the 49 Starlink satellites it launched last week, due to a geomagnetic storm striking Earth's outer atmosphere.

The phenomenon occurs when solar flares change atmospheric density - it cause the satellites to lose altitude and burn up.

SpaceX explains its low altitude satellites are to ensure malfunctioning ones don't become space junk, destroyed when they fail and deorbit.