{"id":13805,"date":"2025-05-27T12:34:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13805"},"modified":"2025-06-07T12:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T19:36:41","slug":"deadlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2025\/05\/27\/deadlink\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadlink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2481905-the-sun-is-killing-off-spacexs-starlink-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from New Scientist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The sun is killing off SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink satellites<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>There have never been so many satellites orbiting Earth as there are today, thanks in part to the launch of mega constellations like SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink internet service &#8211; and now we are learning just how the sun&#8217;s activity can affect them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/author\/jonathan-o-callaghan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jonathan O\u2019Callaghan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/27131024\/SEI_253309215.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>An artist\u2019s impression of a Starlink satellite in orbit &#8211; La Nacion\/ZUMA Press\/Alamy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eruptions from the sun are shortening the lives of satellites in Earth orbit, particularly large constellations like SpaceX\u2019s Starlink \u2013 which could be both beneficial and a cause for concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sun goes through an 11-year cycle of activity, peaking with a period known as solar maximum, which most recently occurred\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26435210-700-dazzling-auroras-lit-up-the-skies-in-2024-and-we-may-see-more-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in late 2024<\/a>. During these periods, increased eruptions from the sun can create geomagnetic storms that heat our planet\u2019s atmosphere, causing it to swell outwards in size and increasing drag on satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2481905-the-sun-is-killing-off-spacexs-starlink-satellites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at New Scientist<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from New Scientist The sun is killing off SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink satellites There have never been so many satellites orbiting Earth as there are today, thanks in part to the launch of mega constellations like SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink internet service &#8211; and now we are learning just how the sun&#8217;s activity can affect them By\u00a0Jonathan O\u2019Callaghan Eruptions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}