Satellite Causes Phone and Internet Disruptions in Northern Canada
by Roxanne Laverty on Oct 7, 2011 |
 Thousands of residents in Northern Canada, namely Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, are without internet and telephone service because of a disruption with a TeleSat satellite. TeleSat has temporarily lost contact with the Anik F2 communications satellite. The lost satellite left 37 communities with ...
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Tags: Anik F2, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Canada, US, rural, Northern, TeleSat, Ottawa, Ontario, satellite, phone, internet, disruption |
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Solar Flares May Affect GPS
by Rebecca Pearson on Aug 8, 2011 |
 Last Thursday, solar flares released by the sun threatened to disrupt the Global Positioning System or GPS. Millions of people around the world rely on the GPS satellite navigation network. Solar flares are caused when changes occur in the sun's magnetic field. Thursday's solar flare ...
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Tags: solar, sun, flare, GPS, disruption, signal, satellite, navigation |
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