SPACEWEATHER: Satellite Rocket Re-entry, Compression of Earth’s Magnetosphere, and Auroras

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 02/20/2025 FALCON 9 RE-ENTRY OVER EUROPE: The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket plunged into Earth’s atmosphere on Feb. 19th (0345 UTC) producing a spectacular light show over Europe. A meteor camera operated by André Knoeffel in Brandenburg, Germany, recorded the disintegrating debris:  

Early risers in the Netherlands, UK, Germany and Denmark saw the fragmenting rocket body glide slowly across the sky as more than 3,900 kilograms (8,598 pounds) of metal and plastic disintegrated (ie. over 4 tons dumped into Earth’s atmosphere and 42,000 Starlink and 40,000 China satellites more to be launched, with this effect from 22 at a time). 

The rocket should have reentered almost 3 weeks ago, just after Feb. 1st when it propelled 22 internet satellites (Starlink group 11-4) into Earth orbit. It failed to deorbit, however, instead coming down yesterday in an uncontrolled blaze.

This event adds to the already unprecedented number of Starlink satellites and SpaceX debris reentering Earth’s atmosphere in early 2025. We’ll be posting an update about that early next week. Stay tuned!

Earth’s Magnetosphere

EXTREME COMPRESSION OF EARTH’S MAGNETOSPHERE: During last May’s solar superstorm, Earth’s magnetic field was extremely compressed. According to new study in the research journal Space Weather, the dayside magnetopause was so squashed that geosynchronous satellites were outside the magnetosphere’s protective cocoon for 6 hours. Remarkably, no satellites were lost, although data transmission from some weather satellites was degraded. Read the original research here.  

Auroras Taken by Jessica Fridrich on February 18, 2025 @ Binghamton, NY

MID-LATITUDE AURORA SURPRISE: The forecast did not call for this. Last night, auroras spilled out of the Arctic Circle and appeared in multiple US states. “it was magical” says Jessica Fridrich, who photographed the display from Binghamton, New York:

“The planetary K-index was only 4, but this beautiful dance on the northern horizon from latitude +42N made me smile,” she says.

Aaron Watson was smiling in Colorado, too, as he photographed the lights even farther south: +39N. “They lasted for about 20 minutes before the clouds rolled in over the West Elk Mountains,” he says.

The cause of the display may have been a CME passing close to Earth during the late hours of Feb. 18th. We predicted that part. The subsequent mid-latitude auroras, however, were a surprise.

Realtime Aurora Photo Gallery


Mayan Time

The Night/AKBAL trecena is the Light beyond the veil of the Creator’s Dream. Nothing is impossible in our Dreams. Our Dreams are the real Truth of reality. Every creation begins in the realm of Spirit, manifested into physicality at the Creator’s command. This 13-day cycle is an experience of the Dream as the Truth and the world as the illusion of Human’s hidden Truth. The Truth written in our Seed doesn’t forget God’s plan for our Life. Our debts were paid by a Savior and we are reborn into a New Life. The Voice that speaks in our Dreams shares the Truth that’s real.
  THE TRECENA OF NIGHT/AKBAL: DREAMS ARE REAL MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL 2 Seed/KAN (kahn), Cherokee, Dragon/UKTE’NA O’STO, Destiny Kin 184, Position 4 February 20, 2025, 02/20/2025, Last Round: June 5, 2024, 06/05/2024

THE TRECENA OF NIGHT/AKBAL: DREAMS ARE REAL

Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide Page for the “Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment.” My gift for the Tzolk’in round offers an overview for each 13-day trecena and the aspects of each day of the Tzolk’in round. The page also offers a link to resources for your own practice of counting the days to conceive your own discernment of the Meaning of Time. NEW SEASON – VOLUME 2: Tzolk’in Seasons 3 and 4 (PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 20, 2020)

2 Seed/KAN (Cherokee, Dragon/UKTE’NA)  – Day 2 of 13 of the 1 Night/AKBAL trecena.

Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and Free Tzolk’in Date Calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com Galactic Tone 2: Mysterious as the question ‘to be or not to be?” Two is the recognition of the separation of self from all else and the desire to be rejoined. Walking a balance while making choices of all kinds, light/dark, male/female, good/bad, Yin/Yang, is the energy of this number. Experiencing the differences between one and another is the use and purpose of this number.
Seed/KAN: Family, sexual activity and the magic of germination are the characteristics of this sun sign. Natural net workers, Seed people strive to free themselves and others from debt or oppressive patterns of the past. Abundance is gathered by Seeds as if with a cast net. Seed persons are public defenders by discovering hidden traps and secret influences of others. To generate true abundance, Seed must learn to appreciate all gifts and lessons received and conduct profound investigations into its self. In the absence of gratefulness and the courage to face oneself, Seed finds itself in less and less fertile environments. A GOOD DAY TO: Plant, make new contacts and re-new connections with others. Cherokee, Dragon/UKTE’NA  O’STO: Dragon’s symbol is Draco winding between the Little Dipper and Big Dipper. Dragon is the Corn Spirit, symbol of dual personality of Corn Mother and Maiden. Fertility and pro-creation from generation to generation. The word dragon means ” eye, to look at, to see clearly”. Spirit brings energy of Lawgiver, Justice, vigilance and protective, loyal unto death. Ley lines in China are “dragon lines”, energy is sometimes called “orgone energy”, pyramid power or magnetic force. Pyramids and kivas are collector portals for this energy, known as vortexes. Dragon energy beats a path everywhere, stirring things up with a big stick in tune with the beat of the drum, heartbeat of the Earth. Totem-Lizard. You enter carrying a heavy net of karmic debts, this energy helps you make amends to your self and others, dissolve debts, power of growth. The Lizard symbolizes wild sexual passions that you must balance.
[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]

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