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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CSpaceX=3A_Here=E2=80=99s_How_Starlink_Satellites?=
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Date: 27 Jun 2024 22:10:10 -0000
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Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>“SpaceX: Here’s How Starlink Satellites Weathered May’s Major Solar Storm”
> 
>https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-heres-how-starlink-satellites-weathered-mays-major-solar-storm
>
>“The average Starlink user experienced ‘less than one minute of 
>disruption’ during May’s G5 solar storm, SpaceX tells the FCC.”

That's the advantage of being in such a low orbit.  It was a lovely storm,
too.  Not in the same league as '72 or even '78, but good.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."