(DoD) The environment corresponding to the space domain, where electromagnetic radiation, charged particles, and electric and magnetic fields are the dominant physical influences, and that encompasses the earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere, interplanetary space, and the solar atmosphere. See also ionosphere.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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