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Subj: Launch Scrubbed Due to ‘Highly Elevated Solar Activity
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After terrestrial weather forced Blue Origin to scrub its Sunday attempt to
launch its 98-meter-tall (321 ft) New Glenn rocket, unacceptable space
weather prevented a launch attempt on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station.
In a post on social media, the company said NASA made the call to stand
down “due to highly elevated solar activity and its potential effects on
the ESCAPADE spacecraft.”
On Tuesday afternoon, NOAAs Space Weather Prediction Center forecast a G4
Severe Watch connected to a coronal mass ejection first detected on Sunday,
Nov. 9. It noted that this is just the fourth G4 Watch issued this solar
cycle, making it “very rare,” and added that impacts are expected “about
midday on Nov. 12.”
*Aurora were visible across North America on the evening of November 11.
Photo credit: Doug Arntson, KØPX*
A severe (G4) geomagnetic storm lit up skies across the Northern Hemisphere
overnight (Nov. 11-12), with vivid northern lights visible across Canada,
the U.S, and as far south as Mexico.
The incredible display followed the arrival of multiple coronal mass
ejections (CMEs) eruptions of magnetic field and plasma from the sun
launched by sunspot AR4274, one of the most energetic sunspot groups of the
current solar cycle. The ongoing storm ranks among the strongest of Solar
Cycle 25 and last nights peak at G4 clocked in as the third strongest
geomagnetic storm this solar cycle. The first two CMEs struck in quick
succession last night, compressing Earths magnetic field and unleashing
spectacular aurora shows that lasted well into the night.
*New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, carrying
twin Mars probes for NASA. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now.*
Blue Origin finally launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket
Thursday, Nov. 13, putting two small NASA satellites onto a long, looping
course to Mars to learn more about how the sun has slowly blown away the
red planets once thick atmosphere.
*[ANS thanks spaceflight now and space.com http://space.com for the above
information. Read the full articles at:
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/11/11/live-coverage-blue-origin-targets-nov-...
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/11/11/live-coverage-blue-origin-targets-nov-12-new-glenn-launch-following-weekend-weather-scrub/
https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/severe-geomagnetic-storm-sparks-nor...
https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/severe-geomagnetic-storm-sparks-northern-lights-across-north-america-and-as-far-south-as-mexico-photos.]*
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