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    Satellite flare, also known as satellite glint, is a satellite pass visible to the naked eye as a brief, bright "flare". It is caused by the reflection...
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    the stratosphere Satellite Internet Satellite internet constellation Satellite Flare Sesnic, Trevor (January 8, 2022). "Starlink Group 4-5 | Falcon 9 Block...
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    Earth orbit may visibly glint (or "flare") as they traverse the observer's sky, usually during twilight. Amateur satellite spotting traces back to the days...
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  • countermeasure Flare may also refer to: Flare star, a variable star that can undergo unpredictable dramatic increases in brightness for a few minutes Satellite flare...
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    A satellite constellation is a group of artificial satellites working together as a system. Unlike a single satellite, a constellation can provide permanent...
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    A solar flare is a relatively intense, localized emission of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun's atmosphere. Flares occur in active regions and are...
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    flares. Flare stars are intrinsically faint, but have been found to distances of 1,000 light years from Earth. On April 23, 2014, NASA's Swift satellite detected...
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    during which the spacecraft is in sunlight but the observer is not. A satellite flare occurs when sunlight is reflected by flat surfaces on the spacecraft...
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    stranded gas, flare gas, or simply as "waste gas". Routine flaring is not to be confused with safety flaring, maintenance flaring, or other flaring practices...
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    A gas flare, alternatively known as a flare stack, flare boom, ground flare, or flare pit, is a gas combustion device used in places such as petroleum...
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    seen even far away from a city by its "light dome". Macrograph Satellite flare ISS flare Davidson, N.: Sky Phenomena: A Guide to Naked Eye Observation...
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    magnetosphere. The geomagnetic storm was associated with a very bright solar flare on 1 September 1859. It was observed and recorded independently by British...
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    star, astronomical object or other celestial objects like artificial satellites. Its value depends on its intrinsic luminosity, its distance, and any...
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    table giving apparent magnitudes for celestial objects and artificial satellites ranging from the Sun to the faintest object visible with the James Webb...
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    MetOp (category Satellite series)
    portal Satellite flare MetOp Second Generation Joo, Sangwon; Eyre, John; Marriott, Richard (October 2013). "The Impact of Metop and Other Satellite Data...
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    many physical forms from space debris, uncrewed spacecraft, artificial satellites, space observatories, crewed spacecraft, art in space, to human outposts...
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  • Thumbnail for Bastille Day solar storm
    10:43 UTC, GOES satellites detected a very strong, X5.7-class solar flare which peaked in soft X-ray intensity at around 10:24 UTC. This flare originated from...
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    to Find a MarketĀ : Satellite Phone Misses Its Orbit". The New York Times. "Catching a Flaring/Glinting Iridium". Visual Satellite Observer's Homepage...
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    Environmental Satellite (GOES), operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Environmental Satellite, Data...
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    The Environmental Research Satellite (ERS, alternatively Earth Resources Satellite) program was a series of small satellites initially operated by the...
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    A horn antenna or microwave horn is an antenna that consists of a flaring metal waveguide shaped like a horn to direct radio waves in a beam. Horns are...
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    were equipped with television cameras and flare sights, by which the bomb would be steered until the flare superimposed the target. The camera bombs transmitted...
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    historically powerful series of solar storms with intense to extreme solar flare, solar particle event, and geomagnetic storm components in early August...
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    explain the phenomenon. They argued that whenever the Sun emits a solar flare it also emits a plasma cloud, now known as a coronal mass ejection. They...
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    Aditya-L1 (redirect from Aditya (satellite))
    origins, of the coronal magnetic field and heat transfer mechanisms, and flare exchanges. To observe the physical particle environment around its position...
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  • iridium. Isotopes of iridium Iridium-192, an isotope Iridium flare, a notable source of satellite glint Iridium anomaly, an unusual abundance of the element...
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    solar flare ever recorded by the GOES system, modeled as strong as X45 (initially estimated at X28 due to saturation of GOES' detectors). Satellite-based...
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    an X2.25- and X1.12-class flare each associated with a full-halo CME. On 10 May, the region produced an X3.98-class flare, and on 11 May at 01:23 UTC...
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    Proxima Centauri (category Flare stars)
    curve of a stellar flare on Proxima Centauri. Further observations of flare activity were made with the EXOSAT and ROSAT satellites, and the X-ray emissions...
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    GRB 080319B was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Swift satellite at 06:12 UTC on March 19, 2008. The burst set a new record for the farthest object...
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