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SpaceX loses up to 40 satellites to geomagnetic storm after Starlink launch
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SpaceX loses up to 40 satellites to geomagnetic storm after Starlink launch

Enlarge / Illustration of a coronal mass ejection impacting the Earth’s atmosphere. These events can cause geomagnetic storms. (credit: Getty Images | Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library) SpaceX had to ditch most of its latest batch of Starlink satellites because they were disrupted by a geomagnetic storm after being launched from the Falcon 9 rocket. Up...

Firm planning 100,000 satellites claims it will “clean space” by capturing debris
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Firm planning 100,000 satellites claims it will “clean space” by capturing debris

Enlarge / Greg Wyler in February 2019 when he was at OneWeb. (credit: Getty Images | Washington Post) A company led by satellite-industry veteran Greg Wyler says it plans to launch about 100,000 small communication satellites into low Earth orbit. The company, E-Space, yesterday announced that it received a $50 million investment and that it will launch...