Question

5. A satellite re-entering Earth’s atmosphere will suffer a radio communications blackout because of the plasma created by the shock wave in front of it. If the satellite’s radio operates at a frequency of 100 MHz, what is the minimum plasma density during the blackout?

Answer 1

Hence, the minimum plasma density during the blackout will be 1.234 × 10¹⁴ m^-3

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