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Spacecraft do not usually keep their retirement dates when the sun gets involved. NASA’s Van Allen Probe A, a 1,300-pound science spacecraft launched in 2012, came down far earlier than mission ...

Solar storms satellites must withstand are among the most powerful natural space events, driven by space weather activity that releases massive energy bursts into the solar system. These events ...