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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Starlink (redirect from SpaceX satellite development facility)
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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Orbital pass (redirect from Satellite coverage)
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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Carrington Event (redirect from Carrington Super Flare)
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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Bastille Day solar storm (redirect from Bastille Day Flare)
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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Guided bomb (redirect from Satellite guidance)
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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August 1972 solar storms (section Flare of 4 August)
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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Geomagnetic storm (section Satellite hardware damage)
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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