Starlink quietly lost over $250,000,000 in burned satellites this summer.

https://lemmy.world/post/5248371

Starlink quietly lost over $250,000,000 in burned satellites this summer. - Lemmy.world

Not one major news outlet is covering the destruction of Starlink this summer. Though Lemmy might enjoy Elon losing more money.

They have upgraded the satellites over the years. They probably are disposing of the old ones. Solar flares do increase drag, but it doesn’t suddenly deorbit satellites that have thrusters.
But it can fry their electronics and make them as good as dead.