[vvoyer]

> As of March 2022, a total of 2,335 Starlink spacecraft have been launched, with 2,110 still in orbit.

Wait, what happened to the missing 225 Starlink spacecrafts?

[_joel]

They've decomissioned a fair few and lost 47 (iirc) due to solar storm

[martyvis]

Don't forget that Starlink satellites have a design life of 5 to 7 years, so some of the earlier ones will be getting close to half of this already. All satellites launched in recent years will have a well-documented plan for their operational life including the usual deorbiting process.

[mschuster91]

They lost a bunch due to a solar storm recently https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites-lost-geomag...