Space Weather Now
2012 Oct 13 18:44 UTC (Oct 13 12:44 MDT)
Latest Alert: Oct 13 1755 UTC EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 4 expected
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So far it looks like we were not hit with a G5 storm (the highest) so far. So, that probably means the G5 storm (complete storm) missed earth and so we were hit by only a part of the blast. Though G1 is still serious it hasn't so far at least been catastrophic like a G5 could have been.
So, though many satellites lost power and went down from the solar blast from October 4th that hit earth the 8th and many others were turned off for this potential G5 blast which started to hit last night so far I haven't heard anything more about further damage beyond the Kodama Satellite and others affecting Airlines and other businesses going down temporarily. I have heard of no satellite so far of being completely destroyed and not being able to eventually reset itself. Most satellites sent up into space are able to be reset and returned to functionality when blown off and designed now for Solar Storms of all magnitudes more and more as they are sent up these days. However, I do know that sometimes during a solar blast a GPS satellite if it is on will turn upside down from the blast and then can't sent GPS signals back to earth. So, it is possible many of them were turned off as a precaution during this last blast that started to hit earth last night and will continue for about 48 hours from that point. So we are still in the middle of it right now.
So, it is important to be vigilant regarding GPS and other satellite information which possibly might be not useful because of the present G1 blast for 48 hours.
So, it is important to be vigilant regarding GPS and other satellite information which possibly might be not useful because of the present G1 blast for 48 hours.
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