MOSCOW, May 11. Starlink Internet satellites from SpaceX are experiencing increased load due to a powerful geomagnetic storm, as stated by American entrepreneur Elon Musk on the social network X.
«There is a powerful solar geomagnetic storm happening right now. The largest in a long time. The Starlink satellites are under a lot of stress, but so far they can handle it,» he wrote on his account.
On Saturday night, for the first time since 2003, the US weather service raised to its maximum level the assessment of the strength of the geomagnetic storm that reached the Earth.