The natural space environment is characterized by many complex and subtle phenomena hostile to spacecraft. The effects of these phenomena impact spacecraft design, development, and operations. Space systems become increasingly susceptible to the space environment as use of composite materials and smaller, faster electronics increases. This trend makes an understanding of the natural space environment essential to accomplish overall mission objectives, especially in the current climate of better/cheaper/faster. This primer provides an overview of solar activity and interaction with the space environment. Under certain conditions, these interactions result in significant effects on the performance of a spacecraft. This publication describes some of these effects and presents key solar activity elements responsible for them. This primer is one in a series of NASA reference publications being developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.


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    Title :

    Spacecraft Environments Interactions: Solar Activity and Effects on Spacecraft


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    34 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English