Solar Flares Could Seriously Disrupt GPS Receivers
A minor solar flare in September 2005 produced a noticeable degradation
of all GPS signals on the day side of the Earth. When scaled up to the
larger solar flares expected in 2011-12, Cornell researchers expect
massive outages of all GPS receivers on the day side of the Earth.
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