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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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news78540515.html">Solar Flares Could Seriously Disrupt GPS Receivers</a></p> <p>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.</p>