Solar Storm Knocks 40 SpaceX Satellites Out of the Sky After the Company Ignored Scientists Warnings

#thecosmosnews Space Storm Knocks Out Latest Batch of Starlink Satellites A minor space storm took down much of the latest Starlink batch shortly after launch. Dozens of Starlink satellites hit by geomagnetic storm are falling back to Earth Dozens of little satellites are falling from the sky this week, EarthSky reported. A geomagnetic storm - disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field - has doomed up to 40 of SpaceX’s 49 small Starlink satellites launched to low Earth orbit on Feb. 3, EarthSky and the Associated Press reported. The satellites have either burned up while reentering our atmosphere, or were just about to, SpaceX said this week. It’s uncertain where and when they would reenter.