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Communist Satellites
100
During high winds, satellites must be stored in the _______ position
What is birdbath
100
Violent events that occur in the corona
What are solar flares and coronal mass ejections
100
Used as a lubricant to prevent cold welding
What is Dry Graphite
100
percent of incident light that is reflected off a surface
What is Albedo Effect
100
Japan's PNT Satellite
What is Quasi-Zenith Satellite Systems (QZSS)
200
Established by the launch customer to ensure mission success
What is Launch agency constraints
200
Strong magnetic fields trap solar gasses, storing large amounts of energy
What are sunspots
200
Transfer of heat by the emission and absorption of electromagnetic waves
What is radiation
200
when the density of objects in LEO is high enough that a single collision between objects could trigger a chain reaction
What is Kessler syndrome
200
China's ISR satellites
What is Gaofen-1 and Yaogan
300
GEODSS satellites are most effective during
What is night time in clear weather
300
Degrades high frequency radio waves and can overload electrical systems of a utility grid
What are coronal mass ejections
300
Produced when a star dies and collapses on itself (form of particle radiation)
What is Galactic cosmic rays
300
Sudden alterations in and subsequent recovery of the Earth's magnetic field due to the effects of CME and solar flares
What is Geomagnetic storms
300
Russia Space based missile warning
What is OKO and EKS
400
Established by the government to ensure public safety
What is Range safety constraints
400
When space objects collide with atmospheric molecules, causing a transfer from kinetic energy to thermal energy
What is atmospheric drag
400
Runaway short circuit phenomena that burns up entire circuit completely
What is Latch up
400
What causes corrosion in space
What is atomic oxygen (O1)
400
Europe's military and civilian ISR
What is Heilios/ CSO and SPOT
500
Electrification caused by friction, occurs when a vehicle with a conductive surface and an ionized exhaust plume distort the electric field lines
What is Triboelectrification
500
Develops satellite systems to collect data on the space environment
What is NASA
500
Ionospheric scintillation are most prevalent
What is dusk and dawn (when the ionosphere is changing between a charged and non charged state)
500
US steps towards a more competitive environment
What is reducing export controls, reducing market barriers, removing Selective Availability of GPS, developing new partnerships
500
Europe's augmentation for GPS
What is EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Services)