It usually occurs briefly to such satellites twice per year and such Earth stations install temporary or permanent guards to their receiving systems to prevent equipment damage.
At these times, the apparent path of the Sun across the sky takes it directly behind the line of sight between an Earth station and a satellite.
The effects of a Sun outage range from partial degradation (increase in the error rate) to the total destruction of the signal.
[3] As of 2009, this practice ended,[4][5] with the stock exchanges urging members to "review their current connectivity set up" and making "alternative arrangements for continuing trading without any disruption".
Nome is the terminus of the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and due to its timing, announcements of the finishers are often delayed during these Sun outages.