The strongest magnetic storm to hit Earth on May 10 did not cause a significant increase in radiation as expected. This was announced by Anatoly Petrukovich, director of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He noted that although magnetic storms usually cause an increase in radiation, such a flow did not occur this time.
Petrukovich explained that storms affect satellites in two main directions. The first is an increase in radiation, but in this case such an effect did not occur. The second is the warming and expansion of the upper atmosphere, which could change the orbit of satellites, including Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation.
The storm, which began after a series of solar flares, reached G5 maximum intensity, last observed in August 2005. Elon Musk also reported the pressure on Starlink satellites but so far they are coping with it.
Source: Ferra
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