Check out SpaceWeather:
http://www.spaceweather.com/
and also these press reports:
http://www.vg.no/nyheter/vaer/artikkel.php?artid=596359
http://www.altaposten.no/lokalt/nyhe...icle316411.ece
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.6902336
Wow,what is it?
Some of the photos on the press reports show the before during and after.
It does look like something was launched.