GPS System Disrupts Farmers In The US Economy Difficult To Work Due To Solar Storm

Illustration of solar storms (photo: dock. NOAA)

JAKARTA Solar storms, caused by solar flares, have caused satellite disruptions over the past few days in the US. Not only disturbing, these storms also paralyzed the activity of farmers there. According to a 404 Media report, quoted from The verge, farmers who are in theagnet region cannot work because satellite disruption causes problems in the GPS system. In fact, some GPS systems in their vehicles are off. This is a problem because trucks used to farm use Real-Time Kinematic (RTK). Farmers need this system to determine the accuracy of the position when they want to plant or cultivate so that offline GPS makes them difficult. Farmers can plant without the help of trucks during GPS problems, but the yields of the plants will cause drastic displacements in the land and cause changes in direction. When trucks are back at work, AutoPath's guidance system will find it difficult to read its direction. Currently, contractors in the stratum rely heavily on technology for farming. When the tools they use have problems, there is a chance they fail to farm. Unfortunately, they cannot fix the tractors they use because of the applicable rules. The National Marine and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) of the US says that solar storms that hit the Earth are getting worse over the past few days. From the G1 to G5 scale, the storm level has already reached the G5 or the highest.

If this storm continues for some time to come, the Earth will experience a more severe impact. Like the 1989 solar storm, for example, millions of homes in Canada experienced power outages for several hours. In addition, in 2022, increasingly extreme solar storms have destroyed dozens of Starlink satellites. Although not destructive, Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX, had said that Starlink felt the impact of solar storms again. It was not explained what the impact would be, but the billionaire said that the storm was very large. The impact of this solar storm was not felt across the country, but the impact could be much greater than turning off the GPS function or disrupting satellite direction.