:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 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 316 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3140 N25W23 327 0130 Dao 07 05 Beta 3141 N14W14 318 0610 Eki 12 21 Beta-Gamma-Delta 31 ...Continue Reading

November 11, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-170*NASA Sets New Coverage for Artemis I Moon Mission Launch * NASA confirmed it remains on track for the launch of the Artemis I Moon mission during a two-hour launch window that opens at 1:04 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The launch countdown will begin at 1:24 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14.   Artemis I is the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Cent ...Continue Reading

November 11, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY 22-169*NASA to Brief Status of Artemis I Moon Mission Today* Following Hurricane Nicole making landfall in Florida earlier this week, NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EST today, Friday, Nov. 11, on the status of its Artemis I mega Moon rocket and spacecraft on the launch pad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, will lead the d ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3270 Issue Time: 2022 Nov 11 1627 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3269 Begin Time: 2022 Nov 10 1915 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1334 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

November 10, 2022 RELEASE 22-109*NASA, ULA Successfully Launch Weather Satellite, Re-entry Tech Demo* 52490305672_0aab4fc589_o.jpeg A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 civilian polar-orbiting weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) tech demo lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:49 a. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Nov 11 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 315 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Nov 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3137 N37W48 006 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha 3140 N26W12 329 0120 Cso 06 03 Beta 3141 N15W01 ...Continue Reading

Thursday, November 10, 2022 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of the version 5.0 SMAP Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) data from Remote Sensing Systems (RSS). The major changes in Version 5.0 from Version 4 are: (1) the addition of formal uncertainty estimates to all salinity retrieval products and (2) sea-ice flagging and sea-ice side-lobe correction based on direct ingestion of AMSR-2 brightness temperature (TB) measurements. This is in contrast to Version 4 and earlier versions, in which the sea-ice correc ...Continue Reading

November 10, 2022 RELEASE 22-115*Pioneering Astronaut Bob Behnken Retires from NASA* behnken_atro_retires.jpg NASA astronaut Robert Behnken. */Credits: SpaceX/* NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force Col. Bob Behnken is retiring from NASA after 22 years of service. His last day with the agency is Friday, Nov. 11. “Bob Behnken is a distinguished and talented astronaut, and an effective ambassador for our never-ending mission to explore the cosmos,” said Administrator Bill Nelson. “Bob and fellow NA ...Continue Reading

November 10, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-167*NASA to Brief Media on First Earth Water-Monitoring Satellite Mission* 1-swot_l-30_media_advisory_iss.jpeg An area of the Gulf of Carpentaria on Australia’s northern coast is shown from the International Space Station in September. The SWOT satellite will measure the height of nearly all the water on Earth, including lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. */Credits: NASA/* NASA will host a virtual media briefing at 10:30 a.m. EST (7:30 a.m. PST) Nov. 14, at the agency’ ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3269 Issue Time: 2022 Nov 10 1944 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2022 Nov 10 1915 UTC Station: GOES16 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 subscri ...Continue Reading