Radiation-induced technical satellite failures (IMAGE)

GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung

Radiation-induced technical satellite failures

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Increased occurrence of radiation-induced technical satellite failures of the Swarm satellites (white spots) in the region of the geomagnetic South Atlantic Anomaly (blue colour = reduced field intensity) between April 2014 and June 2017

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I. Michaelis, GFZ

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