Sunspots

[techno935]

That season is coming up. Luckily I'm at work during sunspots period for AMC-8
(5:05 PM - 5:30 PM Eastern)

What other sats get affected by sunspots? Is there a chart we can check out? I checked on a thread for this topic and I don't see one. I think now is time for a good sticky with a chart. Hope someone can find one.

 

[mkm4]

It's not SUNSPOTS that cause the problem. It's the fact that the sun will be directly behind a satellite that cause the outages.
This effects all satellites in geosynchronus orbit in the Clark Belt.
Here is a good explanation of it: http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/solar_activity.asp

A chart won't work, because every location is affected at different times.
PanAmSat also has a Solar Outgage Calculator for their sats here: http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/calc_sun_outage.asp