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Space Mission Areas
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Space Force Enhancement
Space Support Space Control Space Force Application |
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Solar Wind
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Stream of charged particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun.
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Solar Cycle
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Sun's magnetic activity cycle;
main source of periodic solar variation. |
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Van Allen Radiation Belts
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Torus of energetic particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's magnetic field.
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Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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Orbit with locus extending from the Earth's surface up to a altitude of 2000km.
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Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO)
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Orbit characterized by a relatively low alt. perigee and an extremely high-alt. apogee.
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Geo-synchronous Orbit
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Orbit around a planet or moon with an orbital period that matches the planet or moon's sidereal rotation period.
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Polar Orbit
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Orbit in which the orbiting object passes above or nearly above both poles of the body being orbited on each rev.
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Main Space Launch Facilities
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John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Merritt Island, FL
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX |
