Passage: 'While telemetry data confirmed that orbital communications remained nominal throughout the solar storm, ground-based radar tracking experienced intermittent telemetry dropouts.' What can be inferred about the solar storm's impact?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Terrestrial receiving infrastructure was more vulnerable than orbital hardware
- Step 1: Telemetry showed orbital communications remained 'nominal' (normal), but ground-based tracking had dropouts. Step 2. This implies ground equipment experienced greater disruption than orbital systems. Answer: Terrestrial receiving infrastructure was more vulnerable than orbital hardware. Why not the others: Solar arrays did not fail; storm did reach Earth; orbital satellites were not incapacitated.
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