Geomagnetic Storm Dooms 40 Starlink Internet Satellites

At least 40 of 49 satellites recently launched have crashed or are expected to burn and crash due to “space storms”. More space debris is expected due to an active solar sunspot cycle.

“Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink experienced a devastating space-weather impact last Friday when a geomagnetic storm forced “dozens” of newly launched low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites into “safe-mode” where they experienced “deorbiting” and will or already have crashed back to Earth, according to a SpaceX blog post….
Starlink could experience more space weather events during future launches as Sunspot Cycle 25 began in 2H20. This current cycle is expected to be super active and may pose a risk to satellites.”

https://www.activistpost.com/2022/02/spacex-satellites-launched-last-week-fall-from-orbit-and-burn.html 
SpaceX says up to 40 Starlink satellites lost to geomagnetic stormThe now-defunct satellites are expected to fall back to Earth in the coming days and burn up in the atmosphere.https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-says-40-starlink-satellites-lost-geomagnetic-storm-rcna15516