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Just as we grow used to satellite navigation in everyday life, media reports argue that a coming surge in solar activity could render satnav devices useless, perhaps even frying satellites themselves. Is it true?
No.
“These Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites will indeed go up during a period of enhanced solar activity,” explains Bertram Arbesser-Rastburg, head of ESA’s Electromagnetics and Space Environment division.
“But the solar max is hardly a surprise event. Astronomers counting sunspots have tracked the solar cycle for more than 250 years. All the indications are this solar max will not be especially energetic
“In the worst case – perhaps during a geomagnetic storm, when an incoming coronal mass ejection completely churns up the ionosphere – the system might tell the user not to rely on it at all. But that would not be a total shutdown, just local unavailability on a scale of hundreds of kilometres, like getting caught up in an incident of bad weather – except this would be space weather.”
Originally posted by pazcat
Well considering that there has not been a single example of that having even the slightest effect on any satellites in the history of satellites I would expect that theory either doesn't hold true or at the least has no noticeable effect that would cause any concern.
Originally posted by pazcat
Then it really wouldn't matter what anybody could say next would it?
I mean you are sold on Tesla's outdated Aether ideas as being a real fundamental force despite them not being necessary or even evident, and also of the huge and frankly unworkable cover up that you alude to.
The space industry is not that unreachable nor is it full of lies.