The damage will cost SpaceX and its director Elon Musk dearly after a geomagnetic storm destroyed 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites launched on February 3rd.

The geomagnetic storm was 50 percent stronger than previous launches and prevented satellites from entering the proper orbit around the Earth.

And while Starlink has been trying to get satellites to fly over the edge to reduce resistance, it is thought that 40o will burn them into Earth's atmosphere instead of reaching their destinations.

SpaceX recently exceeded the limit of 2,000 satellites launched and plans to launch another 12,000 if not more. Losing 40 satellites may not be a big problem, but it is still expensive because most of the satellites launched by the Falcon 9 rocket have been repaid.