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of sun outages in days near the equinoxes, in which signals to or from geosynchronous communication satellites are drowned out by the radio noise blasting from the sun as the satellite or the earth from the satellite s POV moves slowly near it.

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Fun Fact: of “sun outages” in days near the equinoxes, in which signals to or from geosynchronous communication satellites are drowned out by the radio noise blasting from the sun as the satellite or the earth from the satellite’s POV moves slowly near it.

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