GPS - Scientists advise on the impact of powerful solar flares

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Scientists advise on the impact of powerful solar flares

Sam Wormley

2007-04-06, 4:33 am

April 5, 2007

SOLAR BURSTS MAY THREATEN GPS

Scientists advise on the impact of powerful solar flares on the reception
of signals from the GPS satellites. Read press releases at:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.ph...&show_article=1

http://uk.reuters.com/article/techn...2007040
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http://zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid...id=ENV&ssid=365

Hans-Georg Michna

2007-04-06, 4:33 am

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:24:37 GMT, Sam Wormley wrote:

>April 5, 2007
>
>SOLAR BURSTS MAY THREATEN GPS
>
>Scientists advise on the impact of powerful solar flares on the reception
>of signals from the GPS satellites. Read press releases at:
>
> http://www.breitbart.com/article.ph...&show_article=1

"[...] Some receivers had a reduction in accuracy while others
completely lost the ability to determine position, [...]"

So all is not lost.

> http://zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid...id=ENV&ssid=365

"[...] On December 6, 2006, a solar flare created an
unprecedented intense solar radio burst causing large numbers of
receivers to stop tracking the GPS signal. [...]"

In typical journalist fashion an alarmist phrase is used to fool
readers. Even 1% of all GPS receivers is a large number.

Hans-Georg

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