Thousands of satellites had to suddenly manoeuvre during May 2024 solar storm

[gary]

Story here :-
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-07-24/aurora-geomagnetic-storm-satellites-spacelink/104100052

Paper, "Satellite Drag Analysis During the May 2024 Gannon Geomagnetic Storm" by Parker et. al. MIT :-
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.08617

[Max Vondel]

A complete curse on our astro-photography. Wait till China and India get their own systems.

[strongmanmike]

It's waaaaay more than just she be right mate, not a problem, we can just use software rejections to clear our images :thumbsup: :rolleyes: Like the Greenhouse effect, the Kessler syndrome risk is well known too... but sigh, no matter the warnings no matter the concern, nothing substantial is being done about it, as more and more investment occurs, there is no backing away now, it seems almost inevitable...Humans, we never reeeally learn sometimes.

Mike

[Boozlefoot]

Possibly, one should consider also (apart from AP) that so many are now reliant on satellite communication on our daily lives. The recent Cloudflare balls up may manifest in a hardware version, be it physical collision - or warfare deliberate destruction. The global reliance and subsequent absolute disruption to most economies is beyond calculation. Buy shares in copper, before you know it we may be back to telex again.