solar flare

From: Paul Gabriel (gabriel305@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Sep 24 2001 - 16:57:46 EDT

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2001 sep 24
This morning at 1038 UT a powerful X2.6-class solar flare erupted near the large sunspot 9632. A radiation storm is in progess and intensifying.The explosion also hurled a lopsided halo coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. The Earth-directed CME will sweep past our planet late Tuesday or Wednesday and probably trigger geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers could spot auroras during the nights ahead. 

a flare / storm might affect sat orbits ??

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