Sayonara, buddy.
Intended to be a small-scale teaser to its impending, full-sized cousin, the V2 minis are seemingly flopping more than impressing, struggling to reach their intended altitude.
One of the mini satellites, designated 30062, was even spotted crashing down through Earth's atmosphere by Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard-Smithsonian astrophysicist who monitors space launches and orbital objects. The Starlink satellite performed a controlled deorbit earlier this week off the coast of California, McDowell said, while three other struggling V2 Minis have resumed raising in altitude. Due to its tiny stature, the deorbited satellite likely burned up completely before reaching the ground.
Three of the Starlink V2Mini sats have resumed orbit raising, while Starliink 30062 reentered at 0850 UTC Apr 3 off the coast of California
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