What on Earth? Damage to satellites as world’s magnetic field weakens

File photo taken on May 20, 2020 released by Space X, the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket are pictured at Launch Complex 39A on May 21, 2020, as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Image: SPACEX / AFP File photo taken on May 20, 2020 released by Space X, the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket are pictured at Launch Complex 39A on May 21, 2020, as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX blasting off put space back in the headlines, but it’s likely to be there much more often.

This is thanks to a mysterious development off the west coast of SA.

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