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Binar means "fireball" in the Noongar language of the First Nations people of Perth .

Binar-2, 3 and 4 were three CubeSats from Curtin University's Binar Space Program .

They only lasted for two months — a third of what was expected.

Recent high solar activity has been causing an unexpected headache for satellite operators in the last few years .

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/wondering-why-the-aurora-borealis-was-visible-so-far-south-last-night-heres-why-its-all-thanks-to-the-sun https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226665395_The_Effect_of_Atmospheric_Drag_on_Satellite_Orbits_During_the_Bastille_Day_Event https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/satellite-drag https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Educational/1/3/6 https://theconversation.com/why-are-auroras-so-hard-to-predict-and-when-can-we-expect-more-229909 https://www.weather.gov/news/111522-starlink https://www.almanac.com/solar-cycle-25-sun-heating https://twitter.com/cantworkitout/status/1844815269945876607 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2024/all2024/8/https://theconversation.com/new-research-shows-most-space-rocks-crashing-into-earth-come-from-a-single-source-241455 https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/solar-cycle-25-forecast-update https://www.nasa.gov/what-are-smallsats-and-cubesats/http://theconversation.com/https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/9725/chapter/4#30 https://www.versantphysics.com/2024/03/27/flight-crews-and-radiation-exposure/https://theconversation.com/australias-first-binar-spacecraft-just-came-down-to-earth-as-a-fireball-heres-what-we-learned-191677 https://www.binarspace.com/https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/the-suns-magnetic-field-is-about-to-flip https://theconversation.com/right-now-the-sun-is-far-more-active-than-predicted-and-small-satellites-are-paying-the-price-242899 https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/articles/2024/january/solar-maximum https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression

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www.pbs.org www.researchgate.net www.swpc.noaa.gov www.sws.bom.gov.au theconversation.com www.weather.gov www.almanac.com twitter.com digitalcommons.usu.edu www.nasa.gov nap.nationalacademies.org www.versantphysics.com www.binarspace.com www.csiro.au

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