The Starlink satellites are launched into a very low orbit, and raise to their final orbit. These satellites had just launched, and had not yet raised their or

The Starlink satellites are launched into a very low orbit, and raise to their final orbit. These satellites had just launched, and had not yet raised their orbit, so they were lower than the rest of the constellation. > SpaceX deploys its satellites into these lower obits so that in the very rare case any satellite does not pass initial system checkouts it will quickly be deorbited by atmospheric drag. ... > Unfortunately, the satellites deployed on Thursday were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday. So, while Starlink's final orbit is lower than (almost?) all other satellites, these satellites were even lower than that. I would be very surprised if any other satellites were effected.