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Bill Nelson: “So, that being the case, would the redundancy be robust enough that if suddenly there were a major solar explosion and…”

On the recordJune 24, 2014
So, that being the case, would the redundancy be robust enough that if suddenly there were a major solar explosion and this electromagnetic pulse is suddenly coming to earth and it starts to fry these satellites, that redundancy is robust enough to still control the traffic?
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Senator Nelson raises concerns about satellite system vulnerabilities to solar events.

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