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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on July 08, 2010, 05:24

Title: STEREO Reveals Solar Storm Related to Failure Aboard Communications Satellite
Post by: sam on July 08, 2010, 05:24

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Observations from NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have allowed Naval Research Laboratory scientists to see recent solar activity that may have produced the first casualty of the new solar cycle #24. A coronal mass ejection from April 3, 2010 apparently resulted in a critical failure on the Galaxy 15 communications satellite, as reported by Space News on April 20.

http://www.physorg.com/news197743405.html

Title: Re: STEREO Reveals Solar Storm Related to Failure Aboard Communications Satellite
Post by: Clive on July 11, 2010, 23:05

That's knocked 10 years off its lifespan if they can't fix it which I suspect would prove too difficult unless it's brought back to Earth.