In the United States, more than 120 thousand malfunctions in the functioning of cellular networks were recorded after two of the most powerful X-class solar flares. According to National to manage According to Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (NOAA), the star was launched on February 21 and 22.
The power of the explosions was X1.8 and X1.7 respectively.
On Thursday, February 22, there was a wave of mass cell phone outages across the United States. According to the Associated Press news agency, America’s largest mobile operators AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and others reported disruptions in the functioning of cellular networks.
NOAA experts have warned about the possibility of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that accompany solar flares and powerful magnetic storms caused by solar radiation.
There were also outages in GPS and Glonass satellite communications systems in Australia, Indonesia, India and East Africa.
It is not yet known whether these two events are linked, but solar emissions were quickly followed by reports of cell phone outages in the United States.
At the same time, some scientists believe that what happened may just be a coincidence; Because solar flares disrupt communication systems on the daytime side of the world, it was still night in North America at the time of the incident.
NOAA also noted that the plasma ejected by the Sun will reach Earth on February 25. Most of the stellar material will pass near our planet, but the plume may hit Earth along a tangential orbit.
The most powerful solar flare ever closed Radio communications in the South Pacific.