In early May 2024, an increase in flare activity was noted.
Several intense Class X solar flare events have been reported, causing various effects in space weather, including the intrusion of solar cosmic rays into the polar regions, magnetic storms, and other phenomena.
These phenomena were observed, among other things, using spacecraft belonging to the Constellation 270 group of Lomonosov Moscow State University. These spacecraft were developed by scientists from the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, MSU.
An example of one such effect is illustrated in the accompanying figure.
Several intense Class X solar flare events have been reported, causing various effects in space weather, including the intrusion of solar cosmic rays into the polar regions, magnetic storms, and other phenomena.
These phenomena were observed, among other things, using spacecraft belonging to the Constellation 270 group of Lomonosov Moscow State University. These spacecraft were developed by scientists from the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, MSU.
An example of one such effect is illustrated in the accompanying figure.
- It shows the flux of solar cosmic rays at the polar caps, based on data from the small satellite "Avion", which has a circular polar orbit (DEKOR instrument, top panel).
- The flux of solar protons is shown according to data from the satellite "Electro-L2", which is located in geostationary orbit (DAS3 instrument, middle panel).
- The flow of soft X-ray radiation from the sun, recorded in geostationary orbit (GOES sattelite, bottom panel)
