Space storm gobbles up 40 Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites

2 min read | February 09, 2022 03:28 PM PST | By Sanjeeb Baruah

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites were launched on February 3 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.

According to scientists, the geomagnetic storm was caused by a solar flare over the weekend.

On Monday, Astra Space, Inc. (ASTR) postponed the launch of its space mission at the last moment.

A massive geomagnetic storm in space gobbled up 40 out of 49 satellites sent into orbit by Elon Musk's SpaceX last week, the company said in an update. The incident took place on Friday.

On Monday, Astra Space, Inc. (ASTR) delayed its space mission from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket was to carry four cube satellites to orbit.

It was not immediately clear if the flight was cancelled after last Friday’s SpaceX disaster.

SpaceX’s Starlink satellites were launched on February 3 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The satellites were sent to an orbit about 130 miles above Earth. The company said in a statement that the satellites were “significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm”.

According to scientists, the storm was caused by a solar flare over the weekend. The space flare was visible to people in the northern part of the US, they said. The Space Weather Prediction Center said the storms occur when solar wind enters the space surrounding Earth.

The Starlink team tried to put the satellites in safe mode to protect them from the storm, but the drag prevented most satellites from reaching their destination, SpaceX said in an update on Tuesday.

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Astra Space’s Mission Delayed

On Monday, Astra Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTR) decided to postpone the launch of its space mission at the last moment. Its ELaNa 41 mission for NASA was scheduled to blast off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. The rocket was expected to carry four cube satellites to orbit.

The company now plans to make another attempt on an unspecified later date.

Astra had sent its trial rocket LV0007 into orbit three months ago from Kodiak, Alaska.

The latest attempt was Astra’s first launch from Cape Canaveral.

Astra, founded in 2016, aims to capture the small-satellite launch market with cost-effective and mass-produced rockets.

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