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Current Events » in reply to Re: EMP effects on satellites

Satellites that routinely pass through the van Allen belts

Let's see, the ones that first come to mind are the Russian Molynia series communications satellites. Their launch detection satellites use a similar highly elliptical orbit. We have (or had) a few satellites in similar orbits. There really aren't many satellites that pass through the belts on a routine basis.

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