Oliveira found that during the most severe recent geomagnetic events, when 37 Starlink satellites re-entered, satellites orbiting below 300 kilometres re-entered after around five days, down from more than 15 days. Sean Elvidge at the University of Birmingham, UK, says this effect could benefit satellite operators like SpaceX by removing dead satellites from orbit more quickly that could otherwise pose a danger to other satellites. In August 2024, a 2.5 kilogram piece of a Starlink satellite was found on a farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, the only known instance of any piece of Starlink satellite surviving re-entry according to SpaceX.