• 0009: Is space an empty vacuum?

  • Oct 26 2020
  • Length: 7 mins
  • Podcast

0009: Is space an empty vacuum?

  • Summary

  • Earth’s atmosphere has an effect on all spacecraft up to at least 500km, but on occasions to over 1000km; Electric and magnetic fields exist around most bodies in space, including the Earth and the Sun; Space also contains a number of plasma environments; Trapped radiation and solar particle events are the two major natural radiation sources of concern to spacecraft engineers.

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