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Europe launches warning centre for extreme solar weather events

Europe has launched a Space Weather Coordination Centre, the first such centre to be opened under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Situational Awareness programme. … More ››

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Waste Of Space

Space debris is a growing problem in many orbits despite international debris mitigation guidelines and policies. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has … More ››

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UK must prepare for impact of severe solar superstorm season

The UK should plan now to mitigate the effects of a rare but potentially serious solar superstorm, according to a report published today by the … More ››

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NASA launches space weather probe

NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05a.m. EDT … More ››

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Solar Storm Warning

Researchers may have discovered a new method to predict solar flares more than a day before they occur, providing advance warning to help protect satellites, … More ››

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BAE Systems nav system to rival GPS?

UK defence firm BAE Systems has developed what it claims to be a new positioning system to rival current technologies such as GPS, relying on … More ››

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Solar storm shield for EGNOS

Europe’s EGNOS satnav augmentation service which guides aircraft landings will be strengthened against the effects of solar storms and its design future-proofed. Officials from the … More ››

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GNSS Vulnerability: The Unresolved Problem

In May 2009, Prof. Brad Parkinson of Stanford University testified before a congressional committee in Washington, DC on the danger of a ‘brownout’ of the … More ››

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New space weather forecast system launched

A new European Union system to forecast space weather will provide frequent and reliable web-based forecasts so that satellite operators can take action to protect … More ››

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Aircraft divert in wake of large solar storm

A coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field on at around 1500 UTC on 24 January. The UK Institute of Navigation reports that the … More ››

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