“It is necessary to prepare for broadcasting and communication failures from the 30th due to increased solar activity”

Due to geomagnetic disturbance… Risk of satellite, navigation, and power damage

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cho Seong-heum = The Ministry of Science and ICT (Ministry of Science and ICT) warned on the 29th that it should be prepared for the possibility that changes in the Earth’s magnetic field (hereinafter referred to as geomagnetic disturbance) may occur this weekend due to solar activity and lead to broadcasting and communication disturbances. did.

The possibility of failure was raised after the 3rd level warning situation of a sunspot explosion accompanied by solar material occurred at 0:34 a.m. on the same day.

On this day, the sunspot explosion occurred at night on the Korean Peninsula and had little impact on Korea.

As a result of a detailed analysis of this data, the Ministry of Science and ICT predicted that the solar material was moving toward the earth and would reach the earth on the afternoon of the 30th and cause geomagnetic disturbance.

Hong Jin-bae, Minister of Information Protection Network Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, “This increase in solar activity may cause damage to satellite, aviation, navigation, and electricity in addition to broadcasting and communication. he asked

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