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Starfish Prime caused an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that was far larger than expected, so much larger that it drove much of the instrumentation off scale, causing great difficulty in getting accurate measurements.
Sixty Years After, Physicists Model Electromagnetic Pulse of a Once-Secret Nuclear Test. On July 9, 1962, the Starfish Prime nuclear test lit up Hawaii's skies, disrupting satellites and causing blackouts. Today, simulations help protect modern tech.
9 de jul. de 2012 · On July 9, 1962 — 50 years ago today — the United States detonated a nuclear weapon high above the Pacific Ocean. Designated Starfish Prime, it was part of a dangerous series of high-altitude nuclear bomb tests at the height of the Cold War.
15 de jul. de 2021 · Starfish Prime exploded at an altitude of 250 miles, at about the height where the International Space Station orbits today. For as long as 15 minutes after the initial explosion, charged...
Quando a bomba nuclear Starfish Prime explodiu, partículas carregadas da detonação colidiram com moléculas da atmosfera da Terra, criando uma aurora artificial que pôde ser vista até na Nova Zelândia.
8 de jul. de 2022 · On July 9, 1962, the US military detonated a thermonuclear warhead 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean–a test called “Starfish Prime.” What happened next surprised everyone. Witnesses from Hawaii to New Zealand reported auroras overhead, magnificent midnight “rainbow stripes” that tropical sky watchers had never seen before.
26 de dez. de 2019 · Starfish Prime and similar Soviet tests might be dismissed as Cold War misadventures, never to be repeated. After all, what nuclear power would want to pollute space with particles that could take out its own satellites, critical for communication, navigation, and surveillance?
