English 102 Research Paper

Simon Luu

ESS 102 Writing Credit

Synopsis of Writing Project

Research Paper

Synopsis

In the year 3000, the planet Earth is a desolate wasteland. It has been a little over a half a century since the “big one” hit the Earth. The majority of the human race has been eliminated with only a few hundred remaining. The only ones who have survived barely made it on to the spaceship as the big one smashed the Earth. Marcus is one of the many survivors coping with solar winds and debris floating around the Moon. After half a century, the survivors are running out of supplies on the moon. The crew must go back to post-apocalyptic Earth and explore the wasteland. Marcus knows that this journey will not be an easy one. They encounter different

In basic terms, this is a flash of radio signals from the orbiting satellite to the ground station. The satellite and radio signals are affected by space weather. The effects of space weather on satellite communication can be put into three categories: effects on the satellite, effects on the station, and effects on the signal propagating through the Earth’s atmosphere (Kennewell). Space weather affecting the satellite depends on where the satellite is orbiting. Earlier it was mentioned that geomagnetic storms negatively affect high orbiting satellites. These satellites are vulnerable to highly charged particles that are emitted from the sun (Kennewell). Effects such as upsetting memory, dielectric charging, and radiation damage to components of the satellite. These effects can create glitches in the satellite, degrade the satellite, and in extreme cases it can destroy the satellite (Kennewell). On the other hand, low orbiting satellites do not have these effects. They are less susceptible to the charged particles damage. Although this is the case, the low orbiting satellites suffer decay when solar activity is increased (Kennewell). These are the space weather effects on the satellite. The ground station is also affected by the solar winds. The goal of the ground station is receive signals from the satellite and transmit commands and communications to the satellite

Space phenomenon such as geomagnetic storms which affect the Earth’s magnetosphere can destroy satellites. Destroyed satellites prevent communication with prevents human space exploration. Flying through the geomagnetic storm can affect human organs negatively. This phenomenon ties in with the Van Allen radiation belts. These belts are formed from the Earth’s magnetic field. It gathers the charged particles coming from the sun’s radiation. It can destroy technology flying past it. This connects to the scintillation of satellite-to-ground radio signals because the charged particles disrupt the radio signals going towards the Earth. Finally the ionospheric disturbances positively affect human space exploration because it allows us to use radio communication. The ultraviolet and x-ray waves radiating from the sun hits the ionosphere which allows us to communicate with the radio