Solar activity in 2012 not to impact electromagnetic devices in

MOSCOW, May 29 (Itar-Tass) -- The solar activity in 2012 is unlikely
to cause serious problems for electromagnetic devices in Russia, said Lev
Zeleny, the director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of
Space Research.
"The year 2012 is a year of active Sun," he told a roundtable meeting
dedicated to space technologies. "However I do not expect that it will be
harmful for electromagnetic devices in Russia."
The problem however will be topical for northern areas of the United
States and Canada covered by the so-called geomagnetic Polar cap. By the
end of the century, he believes, the Earth's magnetic pole shift will
change the situation. "In 50 to 60 years, the geomagnetic cap will shift
to Russia's Siberia, and then our electromagnetic devices will be
sensitive to the solar activity," he said.
"This summer, a large-scale serious project, Radioastron, will be
launched. The spacecraft will operate on a prolate orbit at a height of
350,000 kilometers at apogee. It will warn us about solar flares," he
noted.