January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
... of which are simply impossible to implement without the use of a solar sail. For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has expressed interest in placing a long-duration solar storm warning spacecraft closer to the Sun...
April 2018
Climate monitoring and the need for open access to global environmental satellite data
... applications hosted on the site. All three civil agencies that operate satellites - NASA, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) - were members of this small group. In fact, compliance...
May 2022
Using space data to improve life on Earth
... a large constellation of satellites in space. We currently supply crucial weather data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), European Centre...
16 September 2020
The Sun enters a new cycle and will reach a peak in 2025
... activity during the last cycle, cycle 24, has been relatively low, said experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) during a media event on Tuesday. In December 2019 this lull in behaviour came to an end when...
April 2024
The promise of space-based LiDAR
... of forest density and plant health. An example is provided by the 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study, conducted by Dewberry Engineers and sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Geological...
10 May 2021
Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars
... Plasmas; Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE); Auroral Reconstruction CubeSwarm (ARCS) and Solaris: Revealing the Mysteries of the Sun’s Poles. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are also launching a Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO...
