2003 Halloween solar storms
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The Halloween solar storms were a series of solar storms involving solar flares and coronal mass ejections that occurred from mid-October to early November 2003, peaking around October 28–29. This ser
Composite image showing aurorae over northern Europe, taken by DMSP on October 30, 2003
Aurora as seen from Jena, Germany (51°N)
Various data recorded during the Halloween solar storms
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
2003 Halloween solar storms
…from mid-October to early November 2003, peaking around October 28–29. This series of storms generated the largest solar flare ever recorded by the GOES system, modeled as strong as X45 (initially estimated at X28 due to saturation of GOES' detectors). Satellite-based systems and communications were…
GOES-8, a decommissioned weather satellite.
The launch of GOES-N, which was renamed GOES-13 after attaining orbit
First generation GOES satellite
GOES data relay pattern.