How were Elon Musk 40 satellites destroyed in 2022 Indian scientists revealed

Elon Musk Starlink: Two years ago, an incident happened with Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites in February 2022. About 40 satellites were destroyed shortly after launching. Many people had seen burning things in the sky. Earlier it was said that it could be a meteorite. Later it was revealed that all were Starlink satellites. What happened to those satellites after all? How did they get ruined? Indian researchers have found the answers to these questions.

researchers It is said that apart from changes in space weather, Starlink satellites were destroyed due to other reasons. The researchers’ findings have been published in the journal Space Weather.

Before moving on to the news, let us know what Starlink is? Starlink is a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX. It intends to provide satellite internet service worldwide. SpaceX periodically places Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit, so that internet can be delivered to every corner of the world through them.

The company also launched a batch of Starlink satellites into space on 3 February 2022. It was then said that 40 of those Starlink satellites were destroyed after being hit by a solar storm. However, no evidence of this was found. To understand the matter in depth, the team of researchers from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata collaborated with NASA and Predictive Sciences Inc. Worked together with.

The team’s objective was to determine the relationship between space weather conditions prevalent in LEO and the loss of Starlink satellites. Researchers believe that there cannot be a single reason for the destruction of satellites. The Starlink satellites were destroyed due to a combination of factors. Researchers feel that not only was the space weather at that time disturbed, there was some difficulty in adjusting the satellites in the high-density low-Earth orbit. Researchers say that there is a need to study this in detail.