Sentences with phrase «damage satellites»

Radiation within the Van Allen belts can occasionally damage satellites passing through them.

These storms increase fluxes of energetic electrons that can permanently damage satellite electronics, and can also be a hazard to astronauts, even in low - Earth orbit.

If aimed toward Earth, such an ejection could lead to even more spectacular auroras, but could also damage satellites, communications and power systems.

According to NASA solar scientist C. Alex Young, the region is unusual because it produced fairly large solar flares but not the huge coronal mass ejections that typically occur at the same time, sometimes damaging satellites.

The high energy particles from the Sun in the solar wind can not only damage satellites and power grids, but also degrade pipelines, and effect air travellers and astronauts.

Magnetic storms in the ionosphere, which have occasionally damaged satellites in orbit, are also evidence that the Earth's upper atmosphere...

Lasers can be used to temporarily disable or permanently damage a satellite's components, particularly its delicate sensors, and radio or microwaves can jam or hijack transmissions to or from ground controllers.

Depending on the direction of their release, these particles sometimes reach Earth where they occasionally damage satellites and disrupt terrestrial power grids.

Northrop reportedly modified its payload adapter to help absorb vibrations that might damage the satellite.

The resulting electromagnetic mayhem can damage satellites and knock out power grids on the ground.

Decommissioned or damaged satellites, fragments of space stations and other remnants of space missions pose a potential threat of collisions with active satellites and spacecraft every day.

The findings have implications for understanding and better forecasting the arrival of energetic electrons from space, which can damage satellites and threaten the health of space - walking astronauts, said Li.

Thus reconnection at Earth's magnetopause can cause destructive space weather that can damage satellites, threaten the health of astronauts, and disrupt communications and energy grids on the surface.

Major geomagnetic storms can put astronauts on the International Space Station and those on future interplanetary space missions in danger, damage satellites, cause failing radio communications, and harm electricity grids and pipelines and so have extensive and costly consequences for society.

When aimed at Earth, those particles can damage satellites and knock out power systems (SN Online: 4/9/12), so scientists want to understand CMEs to better predict them.

When aimed at Earth, these bursts can trigger auroras — or damage satellites and knock out power grids.

Sunspots often spawn solar flares that can knock out radio communication, damage satellites, and zap power grids.

Protecting vital communications and surveillance assets can be accomplished more effectively by modest measures, such as having unmanned aerial vehicles at the ready that can supply the communications or espionage capabilities to replace a battle - damaged satellite.

Scientists have known that solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs)-- which release electrically charged plasma from the sun — can damage satellites, cause power outages on Earth and disrupt GPS service.

Indeed, CMEs can damage satellites and therefore have an enormous financial cost.»

It tracks anything that might damage satellites or knock them out of orbit.

This contact whips up geomagnetic disturbances that can disrupt cell phone service, damage satellites and knock out power grids.