Spacecraft used to forecast solar storm 15 hours before it hit Earth

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft sometimes lies directly between the sun and the Earth, making it ideally placed to analyse powerful solar storms that could damage electronic systems on our planet

​The Solar Orbiter spacecraft sometimes lies directly between the sun and the Earth, making it ideally placed to analyse powerful solar storms that could damage electronic systems on our planet The Solar Orbiter spacecraft sometimes lies directly between the sun and the Earth, making it ideally placed to analyse powerful solar storms that could damage electronic systems on our planet