DSCOVR
Software fix planned to restore DSCOVR
A space weather and Earth observation satellite that has been offline for more than three months could be restored to normal operations with new software, but that fix is not expected to be completed until early next year.
DSCOVR spacecraft in safe mode
A joint NASA/NOAA spacecraft that monitors space weather and provides imagery of Earth has been offline for more than a week because of a problem with its positioning system.
Budget issues could delay space weather mission
NOAA could be forced to delay plans for a space weather satellite if Congress decides to extend a stopgap spending bill currently funding the agency for the full year.
NOAA Space Weather Satellite Reaches Operational Orbit
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s latest space-weather satellite has reached its operational orbit more than 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, the weather agency said June 8.
Technical Problems Postpone Falcon 9 Launch of DSCOVR
A pair of technical problems, one with the launch vehicle and the other with the range, postponed the scheduled Feb. 8 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a space and Earth sciences satellite by at least one day.
