not sure how close is too close, but China's station orbits between 340 and 450 km altitude. Starlink occupies 540-570 km altitude. ETA: sorry, there's corroboration that it re-entered and burned in September. here's more. be interesting to read Starlink's response.
maybe you should read the article... it's an interesting technical problem that isn't directly related to radiation. SpaceX says the “speed and severity of the storm caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50 percent higher than during previous launches.” Controllers placed the satellites into safe mode, resulting in an orientation that reduces drag, or, as SpaceX put it, helps the sats “take cover from the storm.” The Elon Musk-led company is now working with the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron and LeoLabs who, with their ground-based radars, are providing SpaceX with regular updates on the status of their wayward satellites.
WATCH LIVE: AX-1 MISSION SpaceX is targeting today, Friday, April 8 for Falcon 9’s launch of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The instantaneous launch window opens at 11:17 a.m. ET, 15:17 UTC, with a backup opportunity available on Saturday, April 9 at 10:54 a.m. ET, 14:54 UTC. Axiom Space's Ax-1 mission is the first all-private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station. The Ax-1 crew will participate in educational outreach and conduct innovative research experiments while on the orbiting laboratory. This will be the fifth flight for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously supported launch of GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, and one Starlink mission. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew the Demo-2 and Crew-2 missions. The webcast for the Ax-1 mission will go live at approximately 7:45 a.m.ET,11:45 UTC and will remain live until roughly fifteen minutes post launch. Live mission coverage will resume about two hours prior to docking.
never gets old (for me!): that's the landing burn on the left for the 1st stage. 5th landing for this Falcon 9. 3rd flight for the Dragon capsule. Zero G indicator: Thumper.