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WHAT IS SPACE WEATHER?
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... satellites, used for navigation, surveying, and geophysical research, pass through the radiation belts, although they orbit Earth at altitudes above most of the atmosphere. Geosynchronous communication and weather satellites reside on the outer edges of the radiation belts, where disturbed space weather causes increases in the intensities of hazardous energetic particles.
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... Because of this, they were recognized only in modern times. An eruption in the Sun's corona made visible by blocking the bright solar disk (from: The Solar Data Analysis Center, Goddard Space Flight Center)
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... as they orbit Earth (from: U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory home pages)
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... Corrective or preventative measures can be taken to ensure that radiation doses and electrical charging of satellites in the Earth-space environment do not damage critical spacecraft components and functions, that disturbances of the ionosphere do not degrade the performance of navigation and communications systems, and that the ionospheric currents related to those disturbances which generate magnetic fields on the ground do not interfere with the operations of our large-scale power distribution grids. Precautions can also be taken to minimize exposure of astronauts and passengers in aircraft flying at high altitudes along polar routes to hazardous radiation levels if these conditions can be foreseen.
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... file:///S|/SSB/istpmag.jpg file:///S|/SSB/istpmag.jpg [6/25/2003 4:35:22 PM]
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... file:///S|/SSB/spots.gif file:///S|/SSB/spots.gif [6/25/2003 4:35:26 PM]
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... file:///S|/SSB/minmax.gif file:///S|/SSB/minmax.gif [6/25/2003 4:35:31 PM]
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... file:///S|/SSB/hao_cme_.jpg file:///S|/SSB/hao_cme_.jpg [6/25/2003 4:35:34 PM]
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... file:///S|/SSB/p1north_.gif file:///S|/SSB/p1north_.gif [6/25/2003 4:35:39 PM]
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... file:///S|/SSB/gpsconst.gif file:///S|/SSB/gpsconst.gif [6/25/2003 4:35:44 PM]
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... file:///S|/SSB/aerospac.jpg file:///S|/SSB/aerospac.jpg [6/25/2003 4:35:50 PM]
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Key Terms

  • disturbed space
  • space station
  • space environment
  • upper atmosphere
  • radiation belts

  • energetic particles
  • space flight
  • goddard space
  • solar disturbances
  • weather satellites

  • solar wind
  • flight center
  • manned presence
  • home page
  • time space

  • realistic space
  • characteristic space
  • future space
  • solar activity
  • solar maximum

  • total solar
  • solar data
  • severe solar
  • weather disturbances
  • weather events

  • evans solar
  • solar disk
  • weather figure
  • effectively solar
  • specific solar


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