To: zeestephen
Well duhhh!
It is not the storm that caused the issue, it was the launch.
2 posted on
02/08/2022 7:33:20 PM PST by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
Huh?
The storm caused "up to 50 percent higher drag than during previous launches,"
Normal launch is to a low orbit, so failed activation will face elevated drag and de-orbit quickly (a year or so). The storm impacted the atmosphere, causing higher density higher up than normal, causing viable satellites to slow and fall.
Launch was fine.
3 posted on
02/08/2022 7:36:52 PM PST by
ctdonath2
(Statistics don't matter when they happen to you.)
To: Texas Fossil
The geomagnetic storm happened after the launch, or at least before anyone realized how strong it was, or that it would directly collide with Earth's atmosphere.
To: Texas Fossil
No, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.
24 posted on
02/08/2022 9:59:21 PM PST by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team sco uts photo-op locations.)
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