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NASA’s radiation tolerant computer lives up to its name after surviving Van Allen belts
Before travelling to the Moon, Blue Ghost spent more than three weeks in Earth orbit. During that time it passed through the Van Allen belt and gave RadPC the chance to earn its name. Radiation ...
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Acceleration of killer electrons
Relativistic electrons in the outer Van Allen belt wreak havoc with satellites in geosynchronous orbit, but how they reach such high energies has been unclear. New data identify gyro-resonant wave ...
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Earth grew an extra, never-before-seen 'radiation belt' after last year's supercharged solar storm — and it's probably still there
The belts were created when charged particles from the solar outbursts became trapped by Earth's magnetic field. These bands are similar to the Van Allen belts ... fall out of orbit and ...
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China’s expanding footprint in geostationary orbit raises security concerns
The geostationary orbit belt, or GEO, at 35,786 kilometers above the equator, sees spacecraft orbit at a speed that matches the rotation of the Earth, meaning they stay fixed in position in the ...