Space Weather
Op-ed | Space weather bill will fizzle without funding
The PROSWIFT Act is a major step forward in developing a coordinated national space weather plan. But fully realizing the act's objectives will require a commensurate appropriation of funds to ensure the necessary advances in our understanding of the sun.
NOAA taps L3Harris for space weather command and control
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $43.8 million space weather contract to L3 Harris Technologies.
Space weather researchers need detailed impact data
Researchers seeking to improve space weather forecasting need detailed information on the impact of previous space weather events on aircraft, power grid and satellite operators, according to a panel of experts speaking at the virtual American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites
Brandywine Photonics is conducting a design study for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of a constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites.
Congress set to pass space weather bill
The House is slated to pass a space weather bill this week, culminating a five-year effort to turn a put elements of a space weather strategy and action plan into law.
UCAR’s president talks about space weather, radio occultation and a multidisciplinary approach to Earth science
As Congress and the Trump Administration seek to improve space weather coordination, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is eager to help.
Southwest Research Institute wins NOAA contract to build space weather instrument
The Southwest Research Institute won a $15.6 million contract to design and build the Solar Wind Plasma Sensor for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Follow On (SWFO) Lagrange 1 satellite.
Xplore wins NOAA contract to study commercial solar observatory
Xplore Inc. won a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contract for a design study of a commercial solar observatory at Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1.
UC Berkeley Lab to build NOAA space weather instrument
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $7.5 million contract to the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, to design, build and test an ion sensor for the Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange-1 mission.
Southwest Research Institute wins NOAA space weather contract
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $12.9 million contract to the Southwest Research Institute to design and build the Space Weather Follow-on (SWFO) Lagrange-1 Magnetometer.
U.S. government aims for better coordination in space weather campaign
After decades of fighting to be taken seriously, meteorologists say space weather is beginning to get the attention it deserves.
NASA selects first science payloads for lunar Gateway
NASA announced March 12 it will fly two heliophysics and space weather experiments on the lunar Gateway to collect data to help future human missions to the moon and beyond.
DSCOVR back in operation
A NOAA spacecraft that provides space weather data and Earth imagery is back in service, more than eight months after suffering a technical problem.
NOAA warns of risks from relying on aging space weather missions
The head of NOAA’s space weather office used a recent hearing to caution that a failure of an aging spacecraft in the next few years could leave the agency “hurting a little bit” in its ability to monitor solar activity.
Air Force taps Applied Technology Associates and Teledyne Brown to produce space weather sensors
The U.S. Air Force awarded contracts to Applied Technology Associates and Teledyne Brown Engineering to build satellite sensors to monitor Energetic Charged Particles in space.
NOAA set to update space weather fleet
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is preparing to update its aging space weather fleet.
Air Force turns to partners for weather forecasting support
The U.S. Air Force is turning increasingly to U.S. government, commercial industry, academia and international partners for help gathering and making sense of terrestrial and space weather data.
House panel approves space weather bill
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved legislation to coordinate federal government space weather research, forecasting and operations.
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.
NOAA seeks to “kick the tires” on new instruments, mission concepts
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to conduct technology demonstrations and pathfinder projects as it prepares to update its Earth observation constellations.
