A solar storm creates currents in the Earth’s magnetic field that affect satellite systems, communications, and power grids.
The Earth is still being exposed to the strongest Solar storm It has been penetrating its magnetic field for about 20 years since yesterday, Friday, and it is expected to continue throughout the weekend, according to what the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Monitoring Agency announced.
This phenomenon comes as a result of the explosion of plasma and magnetic materials inside the sun, which would create currents in the Earth’s magnetic field that affect satellite systems, communications, and electricity networks.
The agency recently monitored a huge increase in solar explosion activity, which led to the formation of a new storm that is classified as Level 5, which is the most severe and dangerous level ever, becoming the most powerful geomagnetic storm to hit the Earth since 2003.
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The website of Star link, the provider of satellite Internet services, which is affiliated with billionaire Elon Musk’s company SpaceX, reported today, Saturday, that the services are witnessing a disturbance and that the team is looking into the problem.
Star link owns about 60% of the approximately 7,500 satellites orbiting the Earth and plays a dominant role in the field of satellite Internet.
Thousands of Star link satellites in low Earth orbit use laser links between satellites to pass data between each other in space at the speed of light, allowing the network to provide Internet coverage around the world.
Musk said in Published on the “X” platform Earlier today, Star link satellites were suffering from significant pressure from a geomagnetic solar storm, but so far they are holding up.
Elon Musk said a major geomagnetic solar storm is happening now. The biggest in a long time. Star link satellites are under a lot of pressure, but so far they are holding up.
