:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Oct 15 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 289 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3848 N15W90 115 0350 Cko 06 08 Beta-Gamma 3849 S06W68 093 0230 ...Continue Reading

Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter *Oct 14, 2024* *RELEASE 24-129* A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase its momentum. With help of th ...Continue Reading

Oct 14, 2024 Due to the major weather impacts from the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton on NOAA data centers several PO.DAAC sea surface temperature (SST) datasets have been affected. These include missing data from: [*]AVHRR_OI-NCEI-L4-GLOB-v2.1 [*]AMSR2-REMSS-L2P-v8.2 [*]AMSR2-REMSS-L2P_RT-v8.2 [*]AMSR2-REMSS-L3U-v8.2 [*]AMSR2-REMSS-L3U_RT-v8.2 The quality of the MUR-JPL-L4-GLOB-v4.1 and MUR25-JPL-L4-GLOB-v04.2 datasets have also been impacted as the L2 AMSR2 Microwave SST data are key input layers in thes ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-41 2024 October 13 at 8:12 p.m. MDT (2024 October 14 0212 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 7-13 G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm levels were observed on 10-11 Oct. G3 (Strong) storm levels were observed on 08 Oct. G2 (Moderate) storm levels were observed on 07 Oct. And G1 (Minor) storm levels were observed on 09 and 12 Oct. S3 (Stron ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Oct 14 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 288 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3848 N13W79 117 0350 Dhi 08 04 Beta-Gamma 3849 S06W56 094 0240 ...Continue Reading

*NASA Welcomes Estonia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory * * * ****   Credit: NASA   While in Milan for international meetings, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was among the witnesses as Estonia signed the Artemis Accords and became the 45th nation to join the United States and other signatories agreeing to the safe, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The signing ceremony took place ahead of Italy hosting the 75th International Astronautical Congress beginning Mond ...Continue Reading

*NASA Updates Coverage for Europa Clipper Following Hurricane Milton* An artist’s concept of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech *Editor’s note: This advisory was updated Oct. 12, 2024, to reflect a new launch date and updated coverage for prelaunch and launch activities.* NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Europa Clipper, the agency’s mission to explore Jupiter’s ic ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Oct 13 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 287 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Oct 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3848 N14W67 118 0370 Dko 06 04 Beta-Gamma 3849 S07W44 095 0200 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Oct 12 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 286 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Oct 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3848 N13W53 117 0600 Dko 07 14 Beta-Gamma 3849 S07W30 094 0200 ...Continue Reading

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-8 Return, Splashdown Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist; participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. SpaceX NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 13, for the agency’s SpaceX ...Continue Reading