Powerful radio systems allow satellites to communicate across the immensity of space, relay signals and services, or probe Earth or other planets using radar. But operating these high-power devices in the emptiness of vacuum leaves them open to potentially destructive hazards – including the space equivalent of lightning. ESA’s laboratory tasked with investigating these effects is marking its first decade in its current location.
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Source: ESA Space Engineering & Technology