We are in a timeframe of Solar Outages for geostationary satellites. | Flickr
We are in a timeframe of Solar Outages for geostationary satellites. | Flickr
We are in a timeframe of Solar Outages for geostationary satellites. These occur when the Sun is directly aligned with the satellite, Anik F3, and the ground earth stations. The Sun, a much larger radio transmitter than the satellite in orbit, overrides the signal for short durations.
This will impact services in the following markets: Anaktuvuk Pass, Kaktovik, and Point Lay, centered at approximately 10:58 AM daily starting Feb 24th for 8 days.
The solar outages will begin on February 24th >7 minutesThe peak of solar interference will be February 28th 15 minutesThe solar outages will end on March 3rd > 8 minutes
During these days, the interference length will increase until the peak on the 28th, with an anticipated outage of approximately 15 minutes as the carrier is hit twice, once at the teleport and once at the remote earth station. Then the times will start dropping back off until the end date, March 3rd, 2023
Original source can be found here.
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