Solar Flares

[Pi314]

Quoted at the end of this BBC News article: "...if we don't learn how to protect satellites and the equipment we depend on, there is a serious issue there."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22539160

 

[FaT Air]

Think we've been lucky so far, on and around, this planet. Maybe not so lucky for those two satellites in the path. We'll have to wait a while for that area of the sun to be aimed at us. And see what happens then.

 

[FaT Air]

Maybe NOAA wasn't so lucky. GOES 13 anomaly

SPECIAL MESSAGE:

GOES-13 (GOES-East)
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GOES-13 imaging and sounding operations suspended. Recovery efforts for GOES-13 continue and the spacecraft health and safety are nominal. GOES-14 is being activated. More information: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html