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Illustration of a satellite observing solar weather.

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BAE wins $230.6 million contract for space weather program

by Debra Werner February 21, 2025February 21, 2025

BAE Systems won a $230.6 million contract to deliver spacecraft for NOAA’s Lagrange 1 Series space weather project.

A coronal mass ejection from August, 2012. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO

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Solar flares in May 2024 revealed Earth’s vulnerability to space weather

by Debra Werner February 12, 2025February 11, 2025

Mission Space to launch first sensors for space-weather constellation

by Debra Werner February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

Parker Solar Probe

Aerospace Corp. and Google Public Sector join forces to advance space-weather forecasting

by Debra Werner January 28, 2025January 27, 2025

Space weather forecast: Strong support from incoming administration

by Debra Werner January 16, 2025January 16, 2025

Defense Department’s new tool to investigate on-orbit anomalies

by Debra Werner January 14, 2025January 14, 2025

ISS aurora

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Geomagnetic storms cause “mass migrations” of satellites

by Jeff Foust December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

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SwRI to build magnetometers for NOAA space weather satellites

by Debra Werner December 9, 2024December 10, 2024

An image of solar weather generated via DALL-E.

U.S. space weather policy is alive and well but is insufficiently funded

by Tamara Dickinson September 11, 2024September 11, 2024

A depiction of catastrophic solar weather generated via DALL-E.

Space weather: prioritization, not policy, is the missing piece in U.S. resilience

by Brian Cavanaugh August 26, 2024August 21, 2024