Author Topic: Starlink : On Orbit Tracking - Periodic Updates (Read 492851 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #1740 on:** 02/05/2022 10:20 am »

ALERT: anticipated re-entry: 46143(11-AC) 2/4/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1489822568764768256

Rondaz · « **Reply #1741 on:** 02/06/2022 10:53 am »

#starlink status change: 1506 in service, 2027 total ever launched, 172 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1506, 2027, 171) 2/5/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1490212427115352064

Rondaz · « **Reply #1742 on:** 02/06/2022 10:53 am »

#starlink status change: 1507 in service, 2027 total ever launched, 173 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1506, 2027, 172) 2/6/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1490272823394258946

Rondaz · « **Reply #1743 on:** 02/07/2022 12:24 am »

#starlink status change: 1507 in service, 2027 total ever launched, 174 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1507, 2027, 173) 2/6/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1490363421497323520

Rondaz · « **Reply #1744 on:** 02/07/2022 12:25 am »

#starlink status change: 1506 in service, 2027 total ever launched, 172 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1507, 2027, 174) 2/6/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1490469119472193539

Rondaz · « **Reply #1745 on:** 02/07/2022 10:29 am »

#starlink status change: 1506 in service, 2027 total ever launched, 171 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1506, 2027, 172) 2/6/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1490559715331346436

Rondaz · « **Reply #1746 on:** 02/08/2022 10:39 am »

#starlink status: 1504 in service, 2027 total ever launched, 171 re-entered, 112 ground stations. 2/7/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1490944211692048388

Rondaz · « **Reply #1747 on:** 02/09/2022 12:43 am »

Remember how we talk about space weather and geomagnetic storms and how they can affect our satellites in orbit… update on the #Starlink satellites launched last week, lost to a geomagnetic storm on Friday.

https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1491209745839300610

Rondaz · « **Reply #1748 on:** 02/09/2022 12:45 am »

We've been noticing the lack of orbit updates for the most recent batch of Starlinks, and the reentry of several. Well, it turns out things did not go well for this launch. SpaceX now say increased drag due to a recent geomagnetic storm forced them to put the sats in safemode but..

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1491209847785803777

Rondaz · « **Reply #1749 on:** 02/09/2022 12:49 am »

GEOMAGNETIC STORM AND RECENTLY DEPLOYED STARLINK SATELLITES

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

On Thursday, February 3 at 1:13 p.m. EST, Falcon 9 launched 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9’s second stage deployed the satellites into their intended orbit, with a perigee of approximately 210 kilometers above Earth, and each satellite achieved controlled flight.

SpaceX deploys its satellites into these lower obits so that in the very rare case any satellite does not pass initial system checkouts it will quickly be deorbited by atmospheric drag. While the low deployment altitude requires more capable satellites at a considerable cost to us, it’s the right thing to do to maintain a sustainable space environment.

Unfortunately, the satellites deployed on Thursday were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday. These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at our low deployment altitudes to increase. In fact, onboard GPS suggests the escalation speed and severity of the storm caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50 percent higher than during previous launches. The Starlink team commanded the satellites into a safe-mode where they would fly edge-on (like a sheet of paper) to minimize drag—to effectively “take cover from the storm”—and continued to work closely with the Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates on the satellites based on ground radars.

Preliminary analysis show the increased drag at the low altitudes prevented the satellites from leaving safe-mode to begin orbit raising maneuvers, and up to 40 of the satellites will reenter or already have reentered the Earth’s atmosphere. The deorbiting satellites pose zero collision risk with other satellites and by design demise upon atmospheric reentry—meaning no orbital debris is created and no satellite parts hit the ground. This unique situation demonstrates the great lengths the Starlink team has gone to ensure the system is on the leading edge of on-orbit debris mitigation.

https://www.spacex.com/updates/

Rondaz · « **Reply #1750 on:** 02/09/2022 10:56 am »

Revised plot showing deployment altitudes of Starlinks (top panel: perigee blue, apogee red); atmospheric density (middle panel) at 200 (red), 220 (blue), 250 (green) km altitude, and solar radio flux (lower panel). Density from NRL-MSISE00 model using Kelso solar data..

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1491303667013754880

Rondaz · « **Reply #1751 on:** 02/10/2022 02:31 am »

This is the "geomagnetic storm" batch that launched on 3rd Feb, "group 4-7". It is the 38th launch counting them all sequentially but wikipedia lists it as #36 because it did not number the two "polar orbit" launches.

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1491576578911793152

Rondaz · « **Reply #1752 on:** 02/10/2022 02:32 am »

#starlink status change: 1504 in service, 2039 total ever launched, 171 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1504, 2027, 171) 2/9/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1491586482942857216

Rondaz · « **Reply #1753 on:** 02/10/2022 10:25 am »

ALERT: anticipated re-entry: 46378(12-BF) 2/9/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1491634531488899072

Rondaz · « **Reply #1754 on:** 02/10/2022 11:50 pm »

#starlink status: 1504 in service, 2039 total ever launched, 171 re-entered, 112 ground stations. 2/10/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1491933771532173314

Rondaz · « **Reply #1755 on:** 02/11/2022 09:59 am »

#starlink status change: 1507 in service, 2039 total ever launched, 171 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1504, 2039, 171) 2/10/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1492039466327760897

Rondaz · « **Reply #1756 on:** 02/11/2022 10:00 am »

ALERT: anticipated re-entries: 44769(2-BJ) 46536(13-E) 2/10/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1491996928141262848

Rondaz · « **Reply #1757 on:** 02/11/2022 10:28 am »

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1491983382401765416

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1491983948909629446

Rondaz · « **Reply #1758 on:** 02/11/2022 07:17 pm »

#starlink status change: 1502 in service, 2039 total ever launched, 171 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1507, 2039, 171) 2/11/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1492205563156983810

Rondaz · « **Reply #1759 on:** 02/11/2022 11:54 pm »

#starlink status change: 1502 in service, 2039 total ever launched, 172 re-entered, 112 ground stations (was 1502, 2039, 171) 2/11/2022

https://twitter.com/starlink_map/status/1492235759872462848