June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... geomagnetic storm. It has been argued that this event should be used to create severe space weather scenarios for planning purposes. Space weather events are of increasing concern and, with the ever growing use of technology relying on satellite...
26 November 2015
Russian research scientist and mathematician recognized for space weather research
... International Alexander Chizhevsky Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate, as part of the 12th European Space Weather Week which opened in Belgium this week. Space weather forecasts are an integral part in planning space missions, not only that...
05 June 2019
UK government backs ambitious space plans
... Steve Double, Cornwall Council, the LEP and the UK Space Agency in making this partnership a reality." Space weather As well as opportunities, space also presents threats. Space weather occurs when the Sun sporadically ejects material and radiation...
October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... telephone communications, direct-broadcast TV and weather satellites, and for military missions including ... such monitoring missions may help to provide warning of extreme space weather events generated by the Sun. Debris problem Fifty years ...
13 March 2020
ESA and NASA select first science instruments to send to Gateway
...investigation to fly aboard the Gateway is a Sun-oriented space weather experiment to observe solar particles and solar wind. These ... a refuelling module for the Gateway. The Canadian Space Agency has committed to provide advanced robotics for the...
July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... an assessment of the United States’ “capacity to monitor and forecast potentially harmful space weather” and the UK government unveiled a forecasting initiative for space weather to “help protect the technologies our day-to-day lives depend on”. The...
