It is, was, they were warned and launched anyway. I assume they calculated they could get through it and didn't. Live and learn. My guess is this was in budget

It is, was, they were warned and launched anyway. I assume they calculated they could get through it and didn't. Live and learn. My guess is this was in budget an 'acceptable losses' to the constellation. Fun site to track this stuff: https://www.spaceweather.com/ https://www.spaceweather.com/