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SpaceX says up to 40 of its new Starlink satellites are falling out of orbit

The satellites that can't maintain orbit will burn up as they reenter Earth's atmosphere, SpaceX says. A geomagnetic storm hit the day after they were launched.
SpaceX launched dozens of satellites earlier this month, and now says most of them were impacted by a geomagnetic storm.

Only a fraction of the 49 satellites SpaceX launched into orbit last week survived a geomagnetic storm, the company says. As many

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