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NASA's Artemis II moon launch tore a hole in Earth's upper atmosphere so huge it disrupted GPS signals

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The launch of the Artemis II mission earlier this year punched a hole into Earth's ionosphere that could have temporarily degraded GPS accuracy.

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Experts say the April incident may have had an impact on the positioning of drones, and could easily have caused a road accident in self-driving cars. The post NASA's lunar mission hit a hole so big in Earth's upper atmosphere that it disrupted GPS signals first appeared on 24.hu.

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The launch of Artemis II on April 1, 2026, opened two tracks of about 5,000 kilometers at the top of the atmosphere over the Americas.

The launch of the Artemida-2 mission caused the formation of such a huge hole in the ionosphere that it caused GPS malfunctions. This has never been seen before.

The great disturbance caused in the Earth's ionosphere

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Space broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
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