Study finds high-energy electrons in space may be to blame for some satellite failures
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
Is your cable television on the fritz? One explanation, scientists suspect, may be the weather—the weather in space, that is. MIT researchers are investigating the effects of space weather—such as solar flares, geomagnetic storms and other forms of electromagnetic radiation—on geostationary satellites, which provide much of the world's access to cable television, Internet services and global communications.