VIPER rocket experiment

Are Satellites Affected by Lightning Storms? Scientists Sent A Rocket to the Ionosphere to Test It

VIPER Rocket Launched to Look at How Satellites Affected by Lightning Storms on Earth

Medicine & Technology May 28, 2021

Scientific evidence so far suggests that VLF radio waves interact with the charged particles in that region and could drain the belts after lightning storms have filled them up, creating an impenetrable barrier against radiation that protect spacecraft.

VIPER rocket experiment

VIPER Rocket Launched to Look at How Satellites Affected by Lightning Storms on Earth

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