Abstract Magnetic activity on the Sun causes disturbances moving out through interplanetary space as a stronger than usual solar wind. Enhanced solar activity can also produce large fluxes of penetrating energetic protons of great destructive potential. When either of these phenomena arrives near the Earth and strikes a satellite or spacecraft, damage is likely to be done, either directly and indirectly. Here, we give an overview of the several different effects which occur in low Earth orbit (LEO), in medium Earth orbit (MEO), and in geostationary orbit (GEO) as well as in high inclination elliptical Earth orbits where positioning satellites are located.
Space Weather and Hazards to Application Satellites
Handbook of Satellite Applications ; 1459-1477
2nd ed. 2017
2017-01-01
19 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Atomic oxygen , Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) , Galactic cosmic rays , Ionosphere , Ionospheric scintillations , “Killer” electrons , Magnetic storm , Plasma , Radio communications , Satellite drag , Satellite operations , Single event upsets , Solar activity , Solar cycle , Solar protons , Space debris , Space environment , Space weather , Sunspots , Van Allen radiation belts Engineering , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Applied and Technical Physics , Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry , Computer Applications in Chemistry , Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) , Communications Engineering, Networks
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