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AetherTelemetry is a company that manages environmental monitoring micro-satellites in low Earth orbit. Each satellite runs an onboard telemetry system that interfaces with various sensors, attitude controllers, and transmitters. The system stores and transmits the following telemetry parameters:

Data storedVariable identifierExample data
The satellite's unique registration codeRegistryTagSAT-942X
The name of the primary ground control stationStationNameKourou-4
Whether the main telemetry transmitter is currently broadcastingTransmitterActiveTrue
The altitude of the satellite in kilometersAltitudeKM35786.4
The number of solar flares detected during the current orbitFlaresDetected4
A single-character flag for the orbital path sectorSectorCodeG

Identify the most appropriate data type for each variable below by selecting one option in each row.

VariableBooleanCharStringIntegerReal
StationName
TransmitterActive
AltitudeKM
FlaresDetected
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