Military Space Situational Awareness 2020

SMi Group are proud to announce the 15th annual Military Space Situational Awareness Conference and Exhibition will return to London on the 29th and 30th April 2020.

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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.

Are small satellites the solution for space weather monitoring?

With key space weather satellites expected to fail before U.S. and European agencies launch replacements, “small satellites may be the only way of averting a bleak future,” said Daniel Baker, director of the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.

NASA selects space weather experiment for ISS

NASA has selected a space weather experiment to fly to the International Space Station as the agency’s heliophysics program seeks to strike a balance between large and small missions.

Air Force wants satellite weather data

The U.S. Air Force has obligated about $7 million of its $20 million budget for commercial satellite weather data.

Glacial pace of space weather modernization

Since the U.S. military is extremely reliant on satellites for communications, intelligence and navigation, the Air Force is striving to augment space weather observations, models and predictions. Unfortunately, progress often occurs at a glacial pace.

House committee approves space weather bill

The House Science Committee approved July 24 a modified version of a space weather forecasting bill that the Senate passed last year amid criticism of the committee’s approach to the legislation.

Air Force looks to companies, international partners in quest to improve space weather forecasting

The U.S. Air Force is seeking continuous improvement of its ability to understand and forecast space weather that impacts Defense Department satellites, said Ralph Stoffler, Air Force director of weather.

NOAA cuts target future polar weather satellites

While NOAA received full funding for its ongoing weather satellite programs, the agency is looking at options after a cut to a program for future polar-orbiting weather satellites.

Senate passes space weather bill

The Senate unanimously passed a bill May 2 intended to support space weather research and planning to protect critical infrastructure from solar storms.

Researchers bemoan limited space weather prediction capabilities

Despite current low levels of solar activity, space weather experts warned April 5 that the sun could still produce powerful and unpredictable storms that could disrupt activities in space and on the earth.