Operational impact · Space infrastructure
Satellites
Spacecraft are exposed to the full force of space weather: energetic particles charge their surfaces and interiors and flip bits in their electronics, while geomagnetic storms heat and expand the upper atmosphere, increasing drag and pulling low-orbit satellites down faster.
Highlights
- ›Charging, single-event upsets, and increased orbital drag
Drivers, environments & assets
Across space weather
Knowledge connections
- Associated withSolar Energetic Particles (SEP)
- Associated withVan Allen Radiation Belts
- Associated withGeomagnetic Storm
- Associated withDSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory)
- Associated withESA Space Weather Service Network
- Associated withOrbital Debris
- Associated withThe Satellite Economy
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NOAA SWPCNOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space-weather forecasts and alerts: aurora (OVATION), the Kp index, and the G1–G5 geomagnetic storm scale.