Agnirva Space Premier League - Expedition #31036: Testing Space Plasma to Understand Earth's Ionosphere

The ionosphere is a part of Earth’s upper atmosphere that’s full of charged particles and critical for radio communication and GPS. Scientists at IZMIRAN (Russia) designed a bold experiment aboard the ISS called “Altering the Ionosphere by Pulsed Plasma Sources - Disturbance.”

This experiment used artificial plasma pulses to create small, controlled disturbances in the ionosphere. By doing so, scientists could monitor how the ionosphere responded. These observations help improve our understanding of space weather and how solar storms affect Earth.

The data can lead to better protection of satellites, improved radio communications, and more accurate GPS. It’s a perfect example of using space as a laboratory to understand processes that affect our daily lives down on Earth.

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