Amazing how the press present things. This from the UK newspaper the Daily Mail, I think they may be refering to the QB50 project https://www.qb50.eu/ :

Solar defence force: 50 new satellites to fly INTO northern lights - and help defend planes against sun's storms

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2144297/Solar-defence-force-5...

73 Trevor M5AKA