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Space Force Enhancement |
Combat support operations and force multiplying capabilities delivered from space systems to improve effectiveness of military forces as well as support other intelligence, civil, and commercial users. |
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Space Support |
operations to deploy and sustain military and intelligence systems in space. |
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Space Control |
Operations to ensure freedom of action in space for friendly forces, and when directed, denies and adversary the same. |
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Space Force Application |
Combat operations in, through, and from space to influence the course and outcomes of conflict by holding terrestrial targets at risk. |
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Solar wind |
electrically charged particles of primary interest in the space environment are electrons and protons. |
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Solar Cycle |
Solar activity is cyclic in nature, following a 11-year cycle. Generally there is a 4-year rise to a solar maximum and a gradual 7 year decline to solar minimum |
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Van Allen Radiation Belts |
The outer and inner Van Allen radiation belts are two concentric, donut shaped regions of stable, trapped charged particles that exist because the geomagnetic field near the Earth is strong and field lines are closed. |
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Atmospheric Drag |
Expanding of the earth's upper atmosphere due to heat generated by charged particle bombardment producing frictional drag n a satellite. |
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Low Earth Orbit |
Satellite b/w approx. 150-800 miles above the earths surface |
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Medium Earth Orbit |
The region of space around the earth above low earth orbit and below geostationary orbit. |
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Highly Elliptical Orbit |
Slows down at apogee in the northern hemisphere and whips through perigee in the southern hemisphere. |
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Geosynchronous Orbit |
A satellite placed in orbit with an average altitude of approx. 19,300 nautical miles. |
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Polar Orbit |
Due to the ability to pass over the entire surface of the earth throughout the course of several days it is used for Imagery satellites |
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Apogee |
The point of Orbit farthest from the center of the Earth |
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Perigee |
The point closes to the center of the earth. |
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The main space launch facilities in the US. |
Wallops Island, Virginia; Vandenberg AFB, California; and Kennedy Space Center/ Cape Canaveral Air Force station, Florida |
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DSCS |
Defense Satellite Communications System |
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GBS |
Global Broadcast Service
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WGS |
Wideband Global SATCOM |
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Global positioning System |
GPS; The primary Means by which most DOD users obtain UTC. |
