From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca (tuna.sandelman.ca [209.87.249.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B21AC3B29E for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 14:51:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF75389C0; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 14:58:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id HFLWe7Tefgxc; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 14:58:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from sandelman.ca (obiwan.sandelman.ca [IPv6:2607:f0b0:f:2::247]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837E2389B6; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 14:58:44 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=sandelman.ca; s=mail; t=1644436724; bh=Rslktt+M04nBLsRbCCHTnGgu4AhdHZc4qfKsple0FkY=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=3Lwsx3XZrPEh9NCHwmpZFJxMAJdZZlo44u4edN5kiSjnObtxCuCFdRMZUWDNkx7FA tscl+LNESTPcR1doaiesSS2aBwlyr6nw9eRxG8eWaIdMMdHPJBTKNTfD0ZEJ31rF7E 0Hn978WyTz2vGxv09YVA6oA4ZMeGp1Pr1s8UP4bvd4fuGAirxMe8fyDTPkIE1FErpp 2iTM+pxX5l//xI5avrA84tf28S9i/pXSEe9nISc0tFoJ+yvxDe+MfsHkM2+zS2ND84 oXLK0fpS6M/l2BGTQAR2nIDp+aITOMTxBThTsCvkQK7nAFCiVSLXVv2oyi3J82whXp XlPykElA0zkaw== Received: from localhost (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 638532CC; Wed, 9 Feb 2022 14:51:02 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Richardson To: Doc Searls , "starlink\@lists.bufferbloat.net" In-Reply-To: <91731AE3-502A-4050-B91A-37B5446493C5@searls.com> References: <431oq9ns-qnpn-n56r-6np6-374rsq317q@ynat.uz> <8ecdc077-1751-4302-a013-fa35b2291a87@Spark> <380541e2-c5fa-b3ff-b28c-8d3d993be416@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <5d9dab2c-3c20-4d18-aa1d-cc72bf250843@Spark> <736pq4q3-q21n-p6rn-9391-o56qn77npn2@ynat.uz> <9383f6d3-b6e3-de25-fee0-4416bd05c030@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <7ffdb646-0d02-c1fa-6857-576c2681490c@falco.ca> <2e2c67c8-839b-e1af-5937-78dab715d482@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <8b7fd197-777d-e963-628d-4cdff7c04380@sokolov.eu.org> <78be6869-375c-02a8-498b-7446287ab97d@cs.auckland.ac.nz> <0136de5b-a198-4ebf-8a12-baa2424c431d@Spark> <6b0b3d22-f3e6-a3bd-b04c-af15e5498560@sokolov.eu.org> <07e8f287-3da1-4890-817f-4daf945c8d12@Spark> <10acc51c-f00c-02cc-c117-ed6083faf9d0@vdr.net> <91731AE3-502A-4050-B91A-37B5446493C5@searls.com> X-Mailer: MH-E 8.6+git; nmh 1.7+dev; GNU Emacs 26.1 X-Face: $\n1pF)h^`}$H>Hk{L"x@)JS7<%Az}5RyS@k9X%29-lHB$Ti.V>2bi.~ehC0; <'$9xN5Ub# z!G,p`nR&p7Fz@^UXIn156S8.~^@MJ*mMsD7=QFeq%AL4m Subject: Re: [Starlink] Sunburp kills 40 starlink satellites X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:51:05 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Doc Searls wrote: > 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=E2=80=94to effectively =E2= =80=9Ctake cover > from the storm=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94and continued to work closely with th= e Space Force=E2=80=99s > 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs to provide updates on the > satellites based on ground radars. I wonder if the GPS data will be interesting/helpful to geomagnetic scientists. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iPMEAQEKAB0WIQSk7ZHEG9TCGBNASfm/sjw/rPYc8wUCYgQbJQAKCRC/sjw/rPYc 8yxpBf4wgegf+QHTW8awopsI/I2w10d1WQHJN8f/SbEelSEckL4nnW7YSH4xVzwz C7l/IUm7WAJtmkwr5GXQzzaGhHyqsQWatNrl/JVnDCP7H3s4LIpHVgOzZFX7xnnL TFW2OwnmuZyWRK01d/FYYM964JYCbl6Kafu6ZorCcaf0vKztBWH5T+BxJw2poa7F ZpaIrP33TLrNuMVi/Gc/uQx/FFmICnR+Cri19jznCeuchTam9/zChoHS5KyPgRj6 vHJJnh0= =/N2a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--