Near Earth Space Environment

ALTITUDE

(KM)

— 10,000 —

— 1,000 —

— 100 —

— 10 —

PHENOMENA

RELEVANCE

MANNED SPACEFLIGHT

SATELLITE

OPERATIONS

SPACECRAFT

SURVEILLANCE

MISSILE

WARNING

NAVIGATION

COMMUNICATIONS

H+

e-

e-

e-

O+

O+

DOMAIN

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

ENERGETIC CHARGED PARTICLES

GEOMAGNETIC STORMS

CHARGED PARTICLE CURRENTS

ELECTRON DENSITY

SCINTILLATION

NEUTRAL DENSITY

AURORA

SOLAR RFI

SOLAR ACTIVITY

MAGNETOSPHERE

IONOSPHERE

THERMOSPHERE

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