South Atlantic Anomaly

There's A Dent in Earth's Magnetic Field, What Could This Mean for the Satellites?

There's a Dent in Earth's Magnetic Field, What Could This Mean for Satellites?

NASA is tracking a dent in Earth's magnetic field, an unusually weak spot in the field called the South Atlantic Anomaly, which allows harmful particles from the sun from going deeper into the Earth's surface than normal, which could be bad news for the low orbit satellites that pass through it.
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