Green J. C., J. Likar, Y. Shprits, (2017), Impact of space weather on the satellite industry, Space Weather, 15, 804-818, doi:10.1002/2017SW001646

Abstract

Abstract This paper describes space weather impacts to the satellite infrastructure as perceived by satellite industry stakeholders. The information was gathered through in-person and remote meetings with both satellite operators and manufacturers. The paper describes current impacts, industry processes for managing and mitigating impacts, costs, and industry needs and requirements. Lastly, we suggest potential improvements and solutions to problem areas based on our observation of the industry processes including (1) improved tools for quick anomaly attribution, (2) training, and (3) coordinated information sharing.

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Shprits

Journal / Conference

Space Weather

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all stakeholders who participated in discussions and contributed to the report for their time and cooperation. We would like to thank NOAA for providing data from the Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) NOAA 15 satellite available at https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/satellite/poes/dataaccess.html. Anomaly data used to create Figure 2 are available from Koons et al. [1999]. This material is based upon the work supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under contract number WC‐133R‐16‐CN‐0028. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA.

Grants

WC‐133R‐16‐CN‐0028

Bibtex

@article{doi:10.1002/2017SW001646,
author = {Green, J. C. and Likar, J. and Shprits, Yuri},
title = {Impact of space weather on the satellite industry},
journal = {Space Weather},
volume = {15},
year = {2017},
number = {6},
pages = {804-818},
keywords = {space weather, satellite anomaly, radiation belts},
doi = {10.1002/2017SW001646},
url = {https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2017SW001646},
eprint = {https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2017SW001646},
abstract = {Abstract This paper describes space weather impacts to the satellite infrastructure as perceived by satellite industry stakeholders. The information was gathered through in-person and remote meetings with both satellite operators and manufacturers. The paper describes current impacts, industry processes for managing and mitigating impacts, costs, and industry needs and requirements. Lastly, we suggest potential improvements and solutions to problem areas based on our observation of the industry processes including (1) improved tools for quick anomaly attribution, (2) training, and (3) coordinated information sharing.}
}