On Friday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk warned about the storm’s impact, which resulted from the Sun emitting several solar flares.

“In addition, based on its earlier experience with geomagnetic storms, SpaceX took further steps with some satellites to reduce their frontal profile, decreasing drag, without interfering with s ...

SpaceX said a geomagnetic storm last Friday made the atmosphere denser, which increased the drag on the Starlink satellites, effectively dooming them. Ground controllers tried to save the compact ...

SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronaut Jared Isaacman briefly "touched the void" as he embarked on the first-ever private spacewalk ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX said it has lost up to 40 Starlink satellites that it launched into orbit last week because of a geomagnetic storm. The aerospace company sent 49 Starlink satellites into low ...

Severe geomagnetic storm sparks stunning northern lights across ... In this photo, Pettit managed to shoot SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience on its return trajectory through Earth's atmosphere ...

The event came after a recently launched batch of Starlink satellites were wiped out by a geomagnetic storm. SpaceX said it lost up to 40 satellites out of the 49 that were deployed into low Earth ...

Satellites can be vulnerable to solar storms in other ways as well. On February 3, 2022, SpaceX launched 49 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit, but a geomagnetic storm struck the ...

SpaceX’s rocket explosion in November 2023 created a massive hole in the Earth's ionosphere, providing scientists with a rare ...

SpaceX's satellite internet proposal was ... A Starlink satellite's lifespan can also be cut short by powerful geomagnetic storms. "Preliminary analysis show the increased drag at the low ...

Just days after regulators grounded SpaceX’s Mars-bound Starship rocket for two months, Elon Musk’s firm is facing a major fine for alleged safety violations of two launches last year ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launches billionaire and three others on a trip to conduct the first private spacewalk.