Identification of ionospheric scintillation in the low-latitude African sector using a commercial CubeSat constellation | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 15, 2025


Article Number		22
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2025018
Published online		04 June 2025

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