SpaceX deployed 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk's Starlink internet project on Feb. 4, 2022, with most of them burning up in the atmosphere days later. A geomagnetic storm induced by the Sun was the cause of this more than $50 million disaster.
The Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm are two research missions chosen by NASA to help scientists better understand the Sun's dynamics, the Sun-Earth relationship, and the continuously changing space environment.