esa ssa space weather coord centre inauguration
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Presentation by Juha-Pekka Luntama, responsible for Space Weather at ESA's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Programme office, at the inauguration of the new SSCC, Space Pole, Brussels, 3 April 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Space Weather – Impact on Critical Infrastructure and Services
SSA Space Weather Coordination Centre Inauguration & Media Briefing 3 April 2013 Juha-Pekka Luntama SSA Space Weather Manager Alexi Glover Space Weather Service Coordinator
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Space weather impacts on critical infrastructure
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Solar storms during Halloween 2003
• Halloween storms 19 Oct – 5 Nov 2003 were the most recent major solar events
• Not just a storm, but a series of events 18 X-ray events: M5.0 – X28.0
18 radio blackout events: R1 – R5
5 CMEs with geoimpacts: Kp 6 – 9
5 > 10 MeV proton events
• Continuing disturbances cause • accumulated damage e.g. on solar arrays
• increasing risk of permanent radiation damage
• complications in the satellite recovery
• service outages in satellite dependant ground systems
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Spacecraft impacts during the Halloween storms
Mars Odyssey mission: Safe mode during radiation storm. Memory error and loss of MARIE instrument
ADEOS-2 Spacecraft lost
ACE: EPAM instrument permanently damaged
GOES-9, 10 and 12: High bit error rates (9,10), magnetic torguers disabled (12)
Smart-1 spacecraft solar panels damaged
Multiple anomalies in GEO TV and Pay Radio satellites: Momentum wheels, CPU, service outages, …
Mars Express star trackers blinded by particle radiation
DMSP F16: SSIES sensor lost data twice, microware sounder damaged
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Ground segment impacts during the Halloween storms
Common ENTSO-E – EC Workshop on “Critical Systems Protection”
NOTAM: Polar flight route restrictions due to geomagnetic storm impacts on radio communications
Power blackout in Malmö
Nuclear power plants reduced power due to electromagnetic storm
Failures in GPS based positioning
Widespread HF radio outage over African continent
Transformer damage in South Africa
Survey instrument impacts globally
SatComm and HF outages in Asia and Australia
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Major solar event: July 23, 2012
Credit: NASA/STEREO Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO
STEREO A
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What can we do to mitigate the risks?
• Ensure capability to monitor space weather
We need a operational space weather monitoring
International cooperation for space and ground segments
• Establish distribution of information, warnings and alerts to the users
Right information to right people at the right time
Databases and tools for anomaly analysis and design of future space systems
Coordination of the information to avoid confusion among the users
Tailored services based on specific end user needs
• We need to improve our space weather forecasting skills
• We have to analyse our infrastructure to understand potential impacts
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