Great balls of fire.

Japanese space agency officials, already forced to temporarily shut down one satellite, said Thursday they had lost contact with a second satellite that may have been affected by an electromagnetic storm caused by the largest solar flare observed in decades.

“We have completely lost touch with the Midori 2, and don’t know what’s going on with it,” said Junichi Moriuma, a spokesman for the agency, known as JAXA. He said the agency is trying to restore communications.

It’s always comforting to know there are two melon flavored satellites orbitting the Earth, just in case.