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If we were to suddenly lose all of our satellites, we probably wouldn't have the loss of space science data at the top of our list of immediate concerns. After all, unless you make your living designing, developing, or building satellites or are a scientist whose job it is to analyze the data coming back from a particular space science mission, then you may not even notice they were gone- at first.
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Johnson, L. (2013). 12 Effects on Scientific Research Satellites. In: Sky Alert!. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1830-6_14
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