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Prediciting Solar Activity: Today, Tomorrow, Next YearFleets of satellites circle the Earth collecting science data, protecting astronauts, and relaying information. All of these satellites are sensitive at some level to space weather effects. Predictions of drag on LEO spacecraft are one of the most important. Launching a satellite with less fuel can mean a higher orbit, but unanticipated solar activity and increased drag can make that a Pyrrhic victory. Energetic events at the Sun can produce crippling radiation storms. Predicting those events that will affect our assets in space includes a solar prediction and how the radiation will propagate through the solar system. I will talk our need for solar activity predictions and anticipate how those predictions could be made more accurate in the future.
Document ID
20080043905
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Pesnell, William Dean
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 19, 2008
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather 5th GOES Users'' Conference
Location: New Orleans, LA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 19, 2008
End Date: January 23, 2008
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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