This Tuesday, intense solar flareits maximum value occurred around 10:04 UTC (11:15 Spanish Peninsula Time). Within an hour, a coronal mass ejection (CME) with an estimated initial velocity of approximately 1,500 km/s was detected. Earth between this Wednesday afternoon and this Thursday morning.
According to experts, Effects of magnetic storms The implications could be “severe” and could affect satellites, power grids and navigation systems. However, this phenomenon poses no direct biological risk to Earth’s inhabitants.
The European Space Agency (ESA) continues to monitor this evolution. large scale space weather event We collect detailed information through various professional service centers.
in the case of Spainthrough the Spanish Space Agency (AEE), in collaboration with the European Space Agency, follow up detailed evolution magnetic storm To prevent potentially serious situations.
“Everything shows the impact in our country.” limited And the “Short term” Details sourced from the Department of Science, Innovation and Universities. They also added that there will be no serious impact on the population or the functioning of the national technological system.
The same source says that Spain Not included in countries with Increased direct exposure Until the current extreme episode of space weather. “Our location is mid latitudes“The strength of the expected impacts on the land mass is significantly reduced in locations far from the polar regions,” they point out.
Therefore, no damage or significant disruptions related to Spain’s critical infrastructure are expected as a result of the geomagnetic storm, the ministry added. “Generally speaking, influence In Spain they would be like this Mild. they could register interference Point measurements in satellite navigation systems. Applications based on this will have slightly reduced accuracy. GPS and GNSS”.
There may also be very limited communication interruptions. Short wave or high frequency radio. However, according to these sources, regular mobile phone, Internet, or FM radio networks should not be noticeably affected.
No relevant impacts are expected for satellites controlled by Spain or providing essential services to Spain, such as communications, meteorology or earth observation. May be activated in some cases protocol automatic safety The department, led by Diana Morant, stressed that temporary errors may be detected without materially impacting service continuity.
“Despite that, The most intense solar storm in recent years And we need to keep it that way, Be wary of its evolution“Everything indicates that the impact in our country will be limited and short-lived and will not seriously affect the population or the functioning of the national technological system,” they declared.
From level 4 to level 3
Both the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are actively monitoring this severe space weather phenomenon.
NOAA reported through its website that the “core” of the solar storm that started a few days ago is currently passing over Earth and will continue to do so for the next few hours (storm We also take responsibility for the possibility aurora).
The different alert levels set by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center range from G1 (mild) to G5 (extreme). The schedule originally scheduled for this Wednesday was G4 level alert Due to (severe) current geomagnetic storms, it occurs when: Particles emitted by the sun collide with the Earth’s electromagnetic field.
The current alert level is G3 (strong). However, the agency has warned that the nature of the current disruption means a G4 condition could still occur with higher levels of probability. Magnetic storm intensity may still be high until this Fridayaccording to NOAA.
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