Solar Flare Forces Astronauts into more Protected Area

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Solar Flare Forces Astronauts into more Protected Area

zogger

Wed Dec 13 09:06:17 -0800 2006

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A Solar Flare in the X-3 class forced astronauts in the International Space Station and the Shuttle to go to a more protected areas overnight. This class of flare can also disrupt some satellite transmissions and possibly impact operations on Earth

Solar Flare Forces Astronauts into more Protected Area

Bruce Perens

Wed Dec 13 10:57:32 -0800 2006
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Any auroras? Any good radio propogation, folks? I guess I should have sat on the left side of the airplane on my way to Europe yesterday. It's too overcast tonight in Southern Norway to see anything.
Bruce

Solar Flare Forces Astronauts into more Protected Area

Matt Fulkerson

Wed Dec 13 11:40:17 -0800 2006
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Given the amount of travel that you do, I take it you've seen auroras from the air before? On the way to Alaska several years ago, there was quite a show, which I would describe as dancing auroras. The ones I saw growing up in near Minneapolis were fairly static (and rarer due to not being that far north). These were very intense and shimmering. I could only guess that the fast variation in the patterns were due to the movement of the airplane (almost like moving across an interference pattern, but the light shouldn't be coherent so that doesn't make much sense). Anyway, was I just lucky to see that, or have you seen a similar sight from the air?

Solar Flare Forces Astronauts into more Protected Area

ssclift

Thu Dec 14 13:19:31 -0800 2006
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Shame that the North Pole is hot-footing it towards Russia, moving us here in North America further and further away from magnetic north and the northern lights.

Solar Flare Forces Astronauts into more Protected Area

Bruce Perens

Thu Dec 14 22:10:06 -0800 2006
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Yes, I saw a big show about two years ago. The plane got to the southern tip of Iceland and Greenland. The auroras were exhibiting movement, although not so fast as to say they were dancing. The plane followed a single heading for a long time.

Solar Flare Forces Astronauts into more Protected Area

3dkiwi

Wed Dec 13 15:16:42 -0800 2006
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From the NZ DX Reflector:

Subject: [NZDXR] Solar flare

Peaking X3.4 at 0244z... HF propagation gone completely!.... Those that
are flying at high altitude on the daylight side of Earth are receiving
the equivalent of several powerful chest x-rays right now...heaven only
knows what the shuttle crew and the international space station personal
are getting if they are in daylight now.
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ZL3JT

73
Jim ZL2PU