The Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around...

establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space. The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him, following his discovery using Geiger–Müller...

The Van Allen Probes, formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), were two robotic spacecraft that were used to study the Van Allen radiation...

The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is an area where Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to Earth's surface, dipping down to an altitude of...

structure would lie inside the Van Allen radiation belt, and the space elevator would run through the Van Allen belts. This is not a problem for most...

articles, written since 1960, on this topic. Magnetosphere Van Allen radiation belt James A. Van Allen (1 October 2004). Origins Of Magnetospheric Physics:...

Range (AMR), in Florida. It was the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, returning data until its batteries were exhausted after nearly...

detonations led to the development of artificial radiation belts. Before the discovery of the natural Van Allen belts in 1958, N. C. Christofilos had suggested...

about 2000 kilometers), roughly at the beginning of the inner Van Allen radiation belt. The term LEO region is also used for the area of space below an...

US Van Allen radiation belt, a torus of energetic charged particles around Earth Van Allen Probes, two robotic NASA spacecraft Search for "Van Allen" on...