:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 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 43 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2939 S16W85 035 0120 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2940 N17W82 032 0030 Hrx 01 01 Alpha 2941 N24W28 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3203 Issue Time: 2022 Feb 11 1222 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3202 Begin Time: 2022 Feb 04 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 7544 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 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 42 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2939 S17W70 032 0160 Cso 04 03 Beta 2940 N16W71 033 0130 Dao 06 06 Beta 2941 N24W15 3 ...Continue Reading

February 10, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-004*NASA Awards Mission Operations Center Support Contract* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has awarded the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation-2 (ICESat-2) Mission Operations Center Support contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Dulles, Virginia. This is a cost-plus award-fee, contract that includes a nine-month base period and four one-year options with a total contract value of $33,348,387. The four-year, nine-month period of performance begins Monday, Feb 14. ...Continue Reading

February 10, 2022 CONTRACT RELEASE C22-002*NASA Awards Rapid IV On-Ramp II Contracts for Spacecraft Systems* nasa-logo-web-rgb.jpg *//* NASA has awarded three contracts under the on-ramp feature of the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid IV) contract. These multi-agency contracts are available to support all NASA centers and other federal agencies. The awardees are: [*]Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lockheed Martin Space, Littleton, Colorado [*]QinetiQ Space NV, Kruibeke, Belgium [*]Space Flight Laboratory, ...Continue Reading

February 10, 2022 RELEASE 22-017*New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment * oct_1_2015_flare.jpg A mid-level solar flare that peaked at 8:13 p.m. EDT on Oct. 1, 2015, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. */Credits: NASA/SDO/* NASA has selected two science missions – the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm – to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun, the Sun-Earth connection, and the constantly changing space environment. These missions ...Continue Reading

February 10, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-021*NASA Sets Coverage, Opens Virtual Experience for Next Cargo Launch*  The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft aboard, launches from Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on the company’s previous contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/Jamie Adkins/* NASA and commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman are targeting 12:40 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 19, for the launch of the c ...Continue Reading

February 10, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-023*NASA to Discuss Webb Telescope Progress, Mirror Alignment* fully_deployed_mirror1.jpg NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has begun the three-month process of aligning the telescope. To work together as a single mirror, the telescope’s 18 primary mirror segments need to match each other to a fraction of a wavelength of light. */Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn/* NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 11, to share progress made in the early stages ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3202 Issue Time: 2022 Feb 10 0523 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3201 Begin Time: 2022 Feb 04 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 10188 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 Su ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 10 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 41 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2939 S18W60 035 0180 Cso 04 03 Beta 2940 N16W60 035 0140 Dao 08 09 Beta 2941 N24W05 3 ...Continue Reading