Space Weather Implications for Technology

Space weather, and further implications of solar activity can have huge implications for tech on earth.  The ability to monitor it  will be important.  NASA's launch last week of the ICON spacecraft from an aircraft is an example of efforts underway.  The sun's Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)  have the ability to set our tech back for many years.  Continuing to follow.

NASA uses a plane to launch a craft to the very edge of space  By Georgina Torbet in Digitaltrends

NASA has launched a new spacecraft, the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON), for exploring the radiation-filled and inhospitable border between our planet’s atmosphere and space. On Thursday, the ICON spacecraft was carried aboard a Northrop Grumman Stargazer L-1011 aircraft that took it to an altitude of 39,000 feet before being deployed on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket, whose automated systems launched it into space.  ... ' 

Further tech detail in The Verge.