Advantages of geostationary satellites for ionospheric anomaly studies: Ionospheric plasma depletion following a rocket launch

G Savastano, A Komjathy, E Shume, P Vergados… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this study, we analyzed signals transmitted by the US Wide Area Augmentation System
(WAAS) geostationary (GEO) satellites using the Variometric Approach for Real-Time …

Gigantic circular shock acoustic waves in the ionosphere triggered by the launch of FORMOSAT‐5 satellite

MY Chou, MH Shen, CCH Lin, J Yue, CH Chen… - Space …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered Taiwan's FORMOSAT‐5 satellite to
orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 18: 51: 00 UT on 24 August 2017. To …

Modeling of ionospheric responses to atmospheric acoustic and gravity waves driven by the 2015 Nepal 7.8 Gorkha earthquake

PA Inchin, JB Snively, MD Zettergren… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Near‐and far‐field ionospheric responses to atmospheric acoustic and gravity waves
(AGWs) generated by surface displacements during the 2015 Nepal 7.8 Gorkha earthquake …

Ionospheric Disturbances Triggered by China's Long March 2D Rocket

Y Wang, Y Yao, J Kong, L Shan - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using the data of 382 ground global navigation satellite system (GNSS) network stations in
Western China, we studied and analyzed the ionospheric disturbances triggered by the …

Traveling ionospheric disturbances with huge semicircular and circular structures triggered by two rocket launches over China

H Xie, G Li, F Ding, X Zhao, L Hu, W Sun… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Rocket‐launching can trigger traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) which often show V‐
shaped structures. Using a dense Global Navigation Satellite System total electron content …

The 4D‐var estimation of North Korean rocket exhaust emissions into the ionosphere

N Ssessanga, YH Kim, B Choi… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We have developed a four‐dimensional variation data assimilation technique (4D‐var) and
utilized it to reconstruct three‐dimensional images of the ionospheric hole created during …

Daytime midlatitude plasma depletions observed by Swarm: Topside signatures of the rocket exhaust

J Park, H Kil, C Stolle, H Lühr, WR Coley… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The daytime midlatitude plasma depletions (DMLPDs) observed on 22 May 2014 and 20
May 2015 by the Swarm constellation are not explained by any known natural phenomena …

Daytime F-region irregularity triggered by rocket-induced ionospheric hole over low latitude

G Li, B Ning, MA Abdu, C Wang, Y Otsuka… - Progress in Earth and …, 2018 - Springer
Unexpected daytime F-region irregularities following the appearance of an ionospheric hole
have been observed over low latitude. The irregularities developed initially above the F …

Vertical structural evolution of ionospheric holes triggered by rocket launches observed by the Sanya incoherent scatter radar

L Zhao, F Ding, X Yue, S Xu, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents observational results of the vertical structural evolution of ionospheric
holes during two rocket launches. A combination of observations from the newly built Sanya …

Coordinated Observations of Rocket Exhaust Depletion: GOLD, Madrigal TEC, and Multiple Low‐Earth‐Orbit Satellites

J Park, PK Rajesh, MF Ivarsen, CCH Lin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A plasma density hole was created in the ionosphere by a rocket launch from Cape
Canaveral, Florida near local sunset on 30 August 2020, which is called rocket exhaust …