Space weather technology

The first experiments with the thermal electric engine were conducted in Russia in 1929 by its inventor, Valentin P. Glushko, who later became a world-famous authority in rocket propulsion. For more than forty years, the United States and Russia have devoted many resources to research and development of various kinds of EREs. First tested in space by the Russians in 1964, these engines have found some limited applications in modern space technology. For more than two decades Russian weather and communication satellites have regularly used electric rocket engines for orbital stabilization. The first spacecraft to employ ERE for main propulsion was the American asteroid exploration probe Deep Space 1, launched in 1998. The performance of... 

However, space science also encompasses the technology developed to further the aims of space science, such as rocketry and astronautics. Additionally, it includes the exploitation of space, with such technologies as satellites for communication and navigation, weather, and military surveillance. It also... 

The exploitation of space provides usefiil services for the inhabitants of Earth. Modem society relies very heavily on rapid communication and the transmittal of a vast amount of data across far distances on a regular basis. Satellite communication fecilitates this need, and many common everyday activities, such as credit or debit card purchases or ATM withdrawals, use this technology. GPS navigation has become very common and probably will become even more common, as more and more automobiles come equipped with GPS systems as a standard feature. Accurate weather and storm forecasts would be impossible without weather satellite data. 

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