Why Space Over South America is Deadly for Satellites
There s a region of Earth s atmosphere known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, and it’s one of the most dangerous near-Earth areas of space, both for satellites and humans. Hosted by: Reid Reimers SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00216273 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JZ067i010p03791 https://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/EPO/auroral_poster/aurora_all.pdf https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JA086iA03p01299 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/rbsp/mission/fun-facts.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/rbsp/science/index.html https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/single-event-upset?qt-science_support_page_related_con=0#qt-science_support_page_related_con https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8124978 https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/q525.html https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017SW001687 https://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/what-creates-earth-s-magnetic-field https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/faqgeom.shtml#What_are_the_magnetic_elements http://theconversation.com/how-much-radiation-damage-do-astronauts-really-suffer-in-space-60475 https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/strg/nstrf2016/Passive_Radiation_Shielding https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-rocket-cost/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5391157 http://webhost.laas.fr/TSF/IFIPWG/Workshops&Meetings/49/workshop/01%20siewiorek.pdf https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/13447/why-are-critical-flight-computers-redundant https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978032326208800008X https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/space_radiation_ebook.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20040031719.pdf Images: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-satellite-k4.html https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-the-South-Atlantic-Anomaly_fig129_44105423 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20057 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11013 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/OrbitsCatalog https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11239 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-131_Discovery_flies_around_2.jpg
