WASHINGTON – It was in January 1994 that two Canadian telecommunications satellites blanked out during a major sunburst while in geosynchronous orbit and communications were disrupted nationwide.
While recovery occurred after only a few hours on the first satellite, it took some six months and more than $70 million to recover the second satellite.
stringman: WASHINGTON – It was in January 1994 that two Canadian telecommunications satellites blanked out during a major sunburst while in geosynchronous orbit and communications were disrupted nationwide.
While recovery occurred after only a few hours on the first satellite, it took some six months and more than $70 million to recover the second satellite.
stringman: WASHINGTON – It was in January 1994 that two Canadian telecommunications satellites blanked out during a major sunburst while in geosynchronous orbit and communications were disrupted nationwide.
While recovery occurred after only a few hours on the first satellite, it took some six months and more than $70 million to recover the second satellite.
galrads: I would like to see everything electronic rendered useless and irreparable. Maybe people would enjoy nature again when this happens.
LOL! A nice gamma ray burst coming in from a nearby supernonva could grant your wish,...or maybe some short-term relief from some human generated low-level EMP's,.....then again,...if all of technology collapsed and the urban dwellers came pouring into the wilds,...sigh,...there goes the neighborhood! I rather enjoy the backwoods as they are right now.
A_Non_A_Moose: LOL! A nice gamma ray burst coming in from a nearby supernonva could grant your wish,...or maybe some short-term relief from some human generated low-level EMP's,.....then again,...if all of technology collapsed and the urban dwellers came pouring into the wilds,...sigh,...there goes the neighborhood! I rather enjoy the backwoods as they are right now.
galrads: I would like to see everything electronic rendered useless and irreparable. Maybe people would enjoy nature again when this happens.
a strong enough EMP from the Sun would probably burn out more than just Electronics! Most likely some Appliances would become nothing more that Door-stoppers!
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While recovery occurred after only a few hours on the first satellite, it took some six months and more than $70 million to recover the second satellite.
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