How Space Weather Affects Satellite Orbits — and How to Model It | Brian Douglas

It’s #SunDay! Here’s your space weather report for the week of April 24 - 30:• 2 X-class flares• 14 M-class flares• 18 coronal mass ejections• 0 geomagnetic stormsThis video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the week’s solar activity. Two X-class flares erupt on the right side of the disk at the beginning of the week. On April 29, a few spacecraft calibration maneuvers make it look like the Sun is dancing.Find out more about flares & coronal mass ejections:

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