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Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of electric car maker Tesla (TSLA), said Starlink, the Internet satellite service operated by his space exploration company SpaceX (SPACE), is still holding on despite the impact of a major solar storm. Go down Impacting the Earth’s atmosphere decades later.
Launched by SpaceX (SPACE) to provide global Internet connectivity, Starlink is the dominant player in satellite Internet, operating approximately 60% of approximately 7,500 active satellites in Earth orbit.
“There’s a major geomagnetic solar storm happening right now. The biggest in a long time. The Starlink satellites are under a lot of pressure, but so far it’s been stable.
The company announced the outage in a statement, noting that “Starlink is currently experiencing a degradation in service quality. Our team is investigating.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned that the storm was the strongest to hit the Earth’s atmosphere since October 2003.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said geomagnetic storms caused by intense solar activity are likely to continue until at least Sunday, posing risks to navigation systems, power grids, satellite navigation and other utilities.
