Boeing-made satellite explodes in space

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Smells of Chinese Operation. They love to knock satellites out in space, and if pressed they'll blame the US for damaging one of theirs.

Well, there was that "precision" payload module jettison by the X-37B two weeks ago that Space Force was all smug about: https://spacenews.com/u-s-military-space...maneuvers/

So you're thinking tit-for-tat?

Oh and Starlink definitely can double as a kinetic disruptor, right? Does anyone doubt that? But perhaps not as high-energy yield as this event...
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No one. There was a magnetic crochet that peaked right before they lost power to the satellite on the 19th. This particular satellite had issues from the time it went into orbit, and had its life reduced to about 10 years instead of the usual 15+ that is expected.

Thank you; I found this article useful:

The explosion of space weather research since the early 1990s has been partly fueled by the unprecedented, uniform, and extended observations of solar disturbances from space- and ground-based instruments. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from closed magnetic field regions and high-speed streams (HSS) from open-field regions on the Sun account for most of the disturbances relevant to space weather. The main consequences of CMEs and HSS are their ability to cause geomagnetic storms and accelerate particles. Particles accelerated by CME-driven shocks can pose danger to humans and their technological structures in space. Geomagnetic storms produced by CMEs and HSS-related stream interaction regions also result in particle energization inside the magnetosphere that can have severe impact on satellites operating in the magnetosphere. Solar flares are another aspect of solar magnetic energy release, mostly characterized by the sudden enhancement in electromagnetic emission at various wavelengths—from radio waves to gamma-rays. Flares are responsible for the sudden ionospheric disturbances and prompt perturbation of Earth’s magnetic field known as magnetic crochet. Nonthermal electrons accelerated during flares can emit intense microwave radiation that can drown spacecraft and radar signals. This review article summarizes major milestones in understanding the connection between solar variability and space weather.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_looku...os13111781

https://www.mdpi.com/2674-0346/2/3/12#B8...y-02-00012