Ayegba Abdullahi, Abdulmalik Sadiqq Abdullahi-Tahir, Olowu Olubukola Esther, Oforma Chibuike David, Onyeanusi Ugochukwu Chimaobi and Aliyu Ibrahim Kaura
This work was aimed at studying the space environment as well as its impacts on satellites in space. The work adopted the use of the review and explanatory research methods. The analysis revealed that the space environment is characterized by features such as extreme thermal gradients ranging from direct solar exposure to deep-space cold, as well as intense ionizing radiation from solar particle events and galactic cosmic rays. The result also indicated that some impacts of the space environment on the satellites are atmospheric drag, extreme thermal cycling, atomic oxygen erosion, surface charging and electrostatic discharge, single event effects, and total ionizing dose. It was concluded from the results that the space environment has numerous impacts on satellites, and these impacts have serious challenges on the operations or performances of satellites in space.
Atomic Oxygen Erosion, ionizing radiation, Single Event Effects, space environment, Thermal Cycling.