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Solar activity can knock satellites off track, raising the risk of collisions. Scientists are hoping improved atmospheric models will help. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not unlikely that we will get a large geomagnetic storm in the next four or five years,鈥 says Berger. 鈥淎nd that will really test the whole thing.鈥 The SWx TREC team in Colorado collaborates with Fang鈥檚 team at NOAA, trying to find ways to integrate the WAM-IPE model鈥檚 predictions of changes in atmospheric density into calculations of satellite orbits.听
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