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

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    1 year ago

    Here’s a reputable site that says SpaceX is no longer operating (or has otherwise lost) 378 of the 5000 satellites they’ve launched

    https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/09/starlink-7-2-6-14/

    However that’s an all time number, not just the last few months. The biggest single hit I’m aware of was a batch in 2022 that hit a solar storm that engineers thought they could weather.