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ESA Simulates Solar Storms to Safeguard Satellite Operations
10/16/2025
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- ESA conducted a simulation at European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) to prepare for solar storms linked to the 1859 Carrington event.
- The Sentinel-1D mission is scheduled to launch on November 4, 2025.
- The simulation showed that a coronal mass ejection could severely impact satellite operations.
- The European Space Agency's Space Safety Centre led the exercise.
- The Vigil mission and the Distributed Space Weather Sensor System are planned for 2031.
