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was aloft at the time and suffered a sensor malfunction: a sensor on one of the tanks supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell showed unusually high-pressure readings on March 13. The problem went away after the solar storm subsided.
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to examine the sufficiency of cooling systems of stored spent fuel rods of nuclear power plants now considered vulnerable to long-term power outages, which could also be caused by space weather, high-altitude nuclear burst
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GOES-7 monitors the space weather conditions during the Great Geomagnetic storm of March 1989, the Moscow neutron monitor recorded the passage of a CME as a drop in levels known as a
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at the time. The storm occurred just as the advance elements of the contingent arrived in Namibia, but the effects were believed to last for weeks afterwards. The
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in 11 months. The power failure lasted nine hours and forced the company to implement various mitigation strategies, including raising the trip level, installing
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Because of serious concerns that utilities have failed to set protection standards and are unprepared for a severe solar storm such as the
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communication satellite recorded over 250 anomalies caused by the increased particles flowing into its sensitive electronics. The
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Australia and the New World Order: The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations
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Jeffrey J. Love; Greg M. Lucas; E. Joshua Rigler; Benjamin S. Murphy; Anna Kelbert; Paul A. Bedrosian (2022).
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in North America and Northern Europe and elsewhere implemented programs to reduce the risks associated with
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Mapping a Magnetic Superstorm: March 1989 Geoelectric Hazards and Impacts on United States Power Systems
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by the Soviet government. As midnight came and went, a mass of charged particles and electrons in the
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The geomagnetic storm causing this event is believed to be the result of two separate events known as
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Dynamics Explorer UV image of the aurora on March 13/14, 1989 - L. A. Frank, University of Iowa
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prevented current flowing through the earth, finding a less resistant path along the 735
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L. Bolduc (2002). "GIC observations and studies in the Hydro-Quebec} power system".
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that struck Earth on March 13. This geomagnetic storm caused a nine-hour outage of
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An exceptionally powerful geomagnetic storm that struck the Earth on March 13, 1989
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flowed from west to east, inducing powerful electrical currents in the ground.
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Artist rendition of the 1989 blackout over Canada and the United States - NASA
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Since 1996, geomagnetic storms and solar flares have been monitored from the
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Aurora observed over Sea Cliff, New York on March 13, 1989 - by Ken Spencer
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communications were interrupted, causing weather images to be lost. NASA's
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The storm caused significant interference to the United States power grid.
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lines and upgrading various monitoring and operational procedures. Other
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On August 16, 1989, another storm caused a halt of all trading on the
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One of the few publicly reported military operations impacted was the
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into Russia. It was initially believed that the signals had been
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Morin, Michel; Sirois, Gilles; Derome, Bernard (13 March 1989).
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Some satellites in polar orbits lost control for several hours.
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United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) in Namibia
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interference, including the disruption of radio signals from
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (September 30, 2016).
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during early to mid March 1989, the most notable being a
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at the poles. The aurora could be seen as far south as
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network went offline in less than 90 seconds, giving
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A 21st Century View of the March 1989 Magnetic Storm
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solar wind
magnetosphere
Kp-index
Ap-index
Dst
communications blackouts
Hydro-Québec power grid
solar cycle 22
solar storms
geomagnetic storm
Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system
solar cycle 22
coronal mass ejections
solar flare
UT
Earth
auroras
Texas
Florida
Cold War
STS-29
communications blackouts
shortwave radio
Radio Free Europe
jammed
ionosphere
GOES weather satellite
TDRS-1
Space Shuttle Discovery

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