This astonishing solar storm sparks geomagnetic storm, kills satellite
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An intense geomagnetic storm that was sparked by a solar storm ejected by the Sun, caused Intelsat's Galaxy 15 satellite to become uncontrollable. Check details here.
The Sun is throwing up dangerous flares in all directions and some are directed at the Earth. While we recently read about a few solar storms creating beautiful auroras in different parts of the world, a storm that arrived close to Earth on August 19 killed the Galaxy-15 broadcast satellite operated by international satellite firm, Intelsat. The firm has lost control of its satellite after it was presumably disabled by space weather on August 19. Intelsat is attempting to regain control of the Galaxy 15 broadcast satellite now. A report by Spacenews.co...