Solar activity blinds Venus Express star tracker
Submit on Thursday, March 8th, 2012 22:59
The Sun erupted with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle on 7 March (UTC). This flare was categorised as an X5.4, making it the second largest flare — after an X6.9 on 9 August 2011 — since the Sun’s activity segued into a period of relatively low activity called solar minimum in early 2007. The coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field on 8 March around 1100 UTCOther Posts:COM DEV receives new microwave equipment orderESA extends 11 space science missionsLast Ariane 5 of 2011 puts Arabsat 5C, SES 2 in orbitAPT Satellite Holdings Ltd. interim results H1 2011SES New Skies orders high-power satellite from SS/LATK results Q3 FY 2011Intelsat 11, Optus D2 pre-launch detailsCiel gets preliminary green light for six satellite slots
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