Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-10 2015 March 8 at 11:19 p.m. MDT (2015 March 9 0519 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 2-8 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts occurred on 02, 05, and 06 March due to flare activity from Regions 2290 and 2297. R2 (Moderate) radio blackouts occurred on 03 and 07 March due to flare activity from Regions 2290 and 2297. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storming occurr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 09 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 68 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2297 S17E52 198 0260 Dhc 10 13 Beta-Gamma-Delta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations V ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2157 Issue Time: 2015 Mar 08 1512 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Mar 08 1455 UTC Station: GOES-13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 08 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 67 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2297 S17E66 197 0180 Dsi 09 10 Beta-Gamma IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid a ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 07 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 66 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2293 N05W68 344 0010 Axx 03 04 Alpha 2296 S11E24 252 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta 2297 S17E81 ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 6, 2015 * NASA Launches 2015 Space Apps Challenge to Spark Innovation *  Image Credit: NASA  NASA and other space agencies around the world are preparing for the fourth annual International Space Apps Challenge, which will be held April 10-12 at more than 135 locations worldwide, including New York, host of the ev ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 6, 2015 * NASA Media Teleconference Today on First Spacecraft to Successfully Enter Orbit Around a Dwarf Planet *  NASA's Dawn spacecraft took these images of dwarf planet Ceres from about 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers) away on Feb. 25, 2015. Ceres appears half in shadow because of the current position of the spacecraft relative ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 6, 2015 * NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet *  Ceres is seen from NASA's Dawn spacecraft on March 1, just a few days before the mission achieved orbit around the previously unexplored dwarf planet. The image was taken at a distance of about 30,000 miles (about 48,000 kilometers).Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Cal ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Mar 06 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 65 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Mar 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2293 N05W53 342 0065 Cao 10 09 Beta 2295 S08W53 342 0010 Bxo 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha Pla ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 709 2015 Mar 5 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 42 continues with commander Barry Wilmore, FE-1 Aleksandr Samokutyaev, FE-2 Elena Serova, FE-3 Anton Shkaplerov, FE-4 Samantha Cristoforetti, and FE-5 Terry Virts. Soyuz TMA-14M is docked at Poisk; Soyuz TMA-15M is docked at Rassvet; Progress M-25M ...Continue Reading