News Audio For Media Advisory 00-317 (11/14/00) space. These satellites are a very important part of our life today because we'redependent on them more than ever for comminucations and weather monitoring. . http://www1.msfc.nasa.gov/NEWSROOM/news/audio/2000/00-317/audio00-317.htm
Extractions: The annual Leonids meteor shower is expected to peak over the Eastern United States Nov. 17 and 18. It occurs when Earth passes close to the orbit of the comet Tempel-Tuttle and its debris. Three peak times for the showers are forecast for Nov. 17 at about 3 a.m. EST and again at 11 p.m. EST, and Nov. 18 at about 3 a.m. EST.
Extractions: The Sun's activity causes large changes in the Sun's plasma and energetic particle populations, and these changes are responsible for the "space weather" that affects Earth. Space weather can impact the upper atmosphere and may influence long-term climate trends. The affects are related to CMEs SEPs , and coronal holes , the source of high-speed streams. The largest storms occur when a fast CME hits Earth shortly after its shock arrives. In January 1997, for the first time, a coronal mass ejection was observed in real-time all the way from the Sun to its dramatic consequences at Earth four days later. The SOHO Wind Polar , and GEOTAIL spacecraft were all involved. More about this event... Animiation of CME impact on Earth's magnetosphere
Space Weather Bureau Daily monitoring of solar flares, geomagnetic storms, Earth's aurora,and all forms of space weather. spaceweather.com Science news http://www.spaceweather.com/index_20001112.html
LMAO [News Center] 2000 Press Releases POES are necessary for providing a complete global weather monitoring system. satisfyingboth civil and national security requirements for spacebased remotely http://www.ast.lmco.com/2000pressReleases/den018.shtml
Extractions: 2000 Press Releases September 21, 2000 DENVER, Colo., September 21, 2000 - The NOAA-L spacecraft, a Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) satellite, was launched successfully this morning at 3:22 a.m. PDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, Calif., built NOAA-L, and a Lockheed Martin-built Titan II space launch vehicle, provided under contract to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., carried the satellite into orbit. We are very proud to be a part of this important program for NASA, NOAA and the U.S. Air Force, said G. Thomas Marsh, president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Space Systems-Astronautics Operations, the company that builds the Titan II launch system. Todays early morning liftoff marked the tenth consecutive successful Titan II launch and, more importantly, another successful mission for our customers. NOAA-L is the latest model in four generations of POES satellites. All have been designed and built for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by Lockheed Martin heritage companies since the first TIROS weather satellite launch in April 1960. Most of the spacecraft in the series have operated far longer than originally expected, earning them a reputation as the workhorse of the civil space Earth-imaging inventory. Operating as a pair, two POES satellites orbit the planet in nearly north-south paths. As the Earth rotates, the entire globe, one swath at a time, rolls into view of the satellites instruments. The instruments continually sense the entire depth of the atmosphere and report on the following weather generating factors:
Sun-Earth Connection Program Brief overview of the scope of NASA's SEC program.Category Science Astronomy Solar System Sun SunEarth Interaction space weather/monitoring/Forecasting; Effects of space weather upon OrbitingTechnologies. One goal of the GESSEP 1999 Teacher Ambassador http://edmall.gsfc.nasa.gov/inv99Project.Site/Pages/science-briefs/ed-stickler/s
Extractions: ST. PAUL Using satellite imaging and local volunteers, a group of scientists at the University of Minnesota are studying the health of Minnesota's 10,469 lakes. Across the state, 58 percent of lakes are clear to depths of 6 feet or more, according to data published last month. In a separate satellite survey of metro-area lakes published in October, scientists found that 34 metro lakes got clearer over the past 25 years as farmland gave way to suburban lawns. To get those results, researcher Leif Olmanson examines digital satellite pictures of Minnesota and measures light reflected off thousands of lakes. Meanwhile, people like Alec Donaldson, a retired marketing executive, hop into boats on various lakes and lower white disks into the depths. By analyzing Landsat satellite images, scientists determine the water clarity of Minnesota's lakes and volunteers such as Donaldson provide readings to back up the satellite results.
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Extractions: Geosat Follow-On [GFO] Marine Corps Warfighting Publication MCWP 3-35.7 METOC Effects Smart Book DMSP Overview The Aerospace Corporation July 03, 1997 Inquiry into the Feasibility of Weather Reconnaissance from a Satellite Vehicle RAND CORPORATION APRIL 1951 Spacecast 2020 - 21ST CENTURY WEATHER SUPPORT ARCHITECTURE Spacecast 2020 - SPACE-BASED SOLAR MONITORING AND ALERT SATELLITE SYSTEM (SMASS) ... Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Imagery real-time weather satellite pictures of Earth with an interactive viewer. You can animate satellite views at low-resolution as well as get image sequences on-demand for your point of interest. Images are broadcast every 30 minutes by the GOES weather satellite and posted by the NASA Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC). Operational Significant Event Imagery imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data available at NOAA Composite Satellite Image of the World by Intellicast METEOSAT Weather Satellite Images GMS images @ Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center West
Annual Report 2000 || Space GRAVES, a space surveillance radar invented and developed by Onera forallweather monitoring of spacecraft at all altitudes. Evaluating http://www.onera.fr/actualites/rappannu00-en/espace.htm
Extractions: Welcome Financial and Operating Highlights Investing in the Future Human Resources Civil Aircraft Helicopters and Tilt-Rotors Turbomachinery Equipment and Systems Space Defense Systems Missile Systems Military Aircraft Download PDF files Civil Aviation Space Defense The partnership between ONERA and French space agency CNES can now be considered mature. New joint actions have been launched, covering both launch vehicles and orbital systems. These projects will leverage the complementary skills of the two agencies, to satisfy increasingly diverse research requirements. Turbulence models in the Flu3M code are used to increase our understanding of instability in launch vehicle engine nozzles. One of the launcher research objectives is the development of a tool to simulate the unsteady operation of liquid propellant rocket engines. It will complement other research already underway in France and in Europe on areas such as propellant behavior in tanks, high-frequency combustion instability, and techniques for controlling boundary layer separation in nozzles. The conditions for solid propulsion research have also changed, since Europe has decided to launch the Vega small launcher program, primarily financed and coordinated by Italy.
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The California Aggie Online said that the federal government has no business flying little pet projectsinto space. He was referring to the weathermonitoring satellites, which not http://www.californiaaggie.com/_articles/5452.taf
Extractions: Aggie Science Columnist The missions that NASA carries out have been a first target for political expediency. In the mid-1990s, Congress wanted to cut the Galileo mission to Jupiter, after it was already up there This mission is an excellent demonstration of political idiocy in action. If we wait 10 more years, the mission will be almost worthless, and Pluto will go into a deep freeze, rendering it useless to study. Not only that, it will be more expensive if we postpone it. Both houses of Congress are sticking to their guns with their budget increases, and New Horizons will launch in 2006. will happen. Now, for the first time in my life, I have been hearing people everywhere I go talk about how little money NASA gets and how much we expect from them. It is sad, but typical of humanity, to start thinking about important issues only after a relevant tragedy occurs. We must not let their deaths be in vain. E-mail this article Send a letter to the editor
Science And Technology goal of ROCSAT3 is to develop a constellation of low-earth orbiting microsatellitesfor operational weather prediction, space weather monitoring, and climate http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/chpt18-3.htm
Extractions: Taiwan 2002 Science and Technology Internet Growth With the rapid growth of the Internet, the ROC government adopted several measures to establish a safe and reliable environment for Internet application in August 2000. These include the formulation of a law governing electronic contracts; the extension of intellectual property rights protection to such Internet applications as linking, metatags, and framing; and the registration and management of domain names. In addition, the government plans to establish a taxation system for e-commerce, and lay down regulations for monetary transfers and securities transactions via the Internet. Web-related offenses will be defined and penalties established. Meanwhile, the government is replacing traditional written documentation with electronic files and is working toward resource-sharing among the various agencies through an intranet that will provide the public with a "single window" service. As of December 2001, Taiwan had 7.82 million active Internet subscribers and a penetration rate of 35 percent. Competition has intensified in the broadband services market, with the entry of private fixed networking companies. As of December 2001, ADSL and cable modem subscribers totaled 920,000 and 210,000, which reflected respective growth rate of 700 percent and 89 percent from 2000.
Space Weather At DMI project. These observations are used for monitoring of actual space weatherconditions and for research in space weather effects. Data http://web.dmi.dk/fsweb/solarterrestrial/spaceweather/welcome.shtml
Extractions: space shuttle Space Weather is a modern phrase for the conditions in space that are deterimined by the intensity of hard radiation, the magnitude of electric and magnetic fields, the level of electric currents, and other disturbances. Space "storms" often result from flare or coronal mass ejection events at the Sun which greatly intensify the solar wind. With a delay of a few days such disturbances may impact the near Earth environment. Space weather conditions are extremely important for the behaviour of satellites and space probes. Radiation damage from high energy particles may destroy the solar panels, cause upsets in the onboard computer systems, and may sometimes cause destructive sparking in space instruments. The atmosphere can get heated and expand to cause satellite braking and subsequent re-entering. Space weather conditions may also affect systems at ground. During geomagnetic storms with brilliant auroras in the polar regions, currents of millions of amps may flow in the upper atmosphere at heights around 100 km. These currents induce secondary electric fields and currents at ground level, for instance, in high-voltage power lines, where they may cause failure in line protection relays and damage to transformers resulting in power outages over large regions. Extended telephone lines and other signal lines may also be disturbed and damaged. Even steel pipe-lines carrying oil and gas from fields in the arctic regions to consumers south of the auroral zone are damaged by the corrosive effects of such Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GIC).
Goddard Space Flight Center night vision applications, energy efficiency monitoring and weather monitoring systems. Forexample, the Center provides space communications support for the http://www.wff.nasa.gov/pages/gsfc.html
Extractions: Site Map Revolutionize knowledge of the Earth and the universe through scientific discovery from space to enhance life on Earth. Agility Balance Creativity Dedication Integrity Respect Teamwork Goddard has established six Center-wide goals to guide it in fulfilling its mission and responsibilities as assigned by NASA over the next five years. These overall goals help set priorities, measure progress and perform the overall mission. Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 Goal 4 Goal 5 Goal 6 Earth Science Space Science Technology.
Daily Space Weather Forecast at Meudon for the daily space weather forecasts monitoring the status of the solaractivity is the onset and propagation through interplanetary space of coronal http://sidc.oma.be/Activities/node7.html
Extractions: Since January, 1, 2000 the SIDC issues space weather forecasts in the context of the ISES network. The International Space Environment Service (ISES, http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ises/ises.html) is a joint service of URSI, IAU and IUGG and a permanent service of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Services (FAGS, http://www.kms.dk/fags). Via the ISES network of Regional Warning centers (RWCs), data and forecasts of the space weather are mutually exchanged. From 1965 onwards, the Observatory of Meudon (Paris) acted as the RWC for Western Europe. In January 2000, when the Observatory of Meudon was unable to continue this service, the RWC activities were transferred to the SIDC. During Space Weather week (May 2000) in Boulder (US), the ISES assembled and granted the SIDC the official status of RWC for Western Europe. Together with the transition of the RWC activities from Meudon to Brussels, the SIDC also inherited the procedures and software developed at Meudon for the daily space weather forecasts. Currently a major effort is spent on debugging/upgrading this software, merging it with the previous Sunspot index procedures and extending it with our EIT/LASCO know-how and software. A forecast room has been installed at the offices of the SIDC consisting of an array of screens displaying continuously, in near real-time the latest incoming satellite and ground based data.
Space Weather Outreach Program to space weather; Links to forecasting and research organizations involvedin monitoring space weather; Links to educational institutions http://www.spacescience.org/Education/Plan4ResearchCommunity/SWOP/1.html
Extractions: NASA and NSF has awarded a grant to the Space Science Institute to create and implement the Space Weather Outreach Program (SWOP). SWOP, which is part of the National Space Weather Program , is a comprehensive program of educational products and services that will deepen the public's understanding of space weather and its impact on people and technology. Goals The goal of NSWP is to develop an interagency system that provides reliable observations and forecasts of activity in the space environment between the Sun and Earth. This activity encompasses phenomena like the eruptive prominence shown at right, and the auroras in Earth's upper atmosphere. SWOP will develop new outreach products and services related to space physics research, and it will also help to coordinate existing activities (e.g. projects at Rice University and the University of Michigan ). SWOP efforts will be aligned with NSWP's Strategic Plan [1995], as well as other national education studies (e.g., the National Academy of Science 's National Science Education Standards Planned Elements of the Space Weather Outreach Program SSI 's Space Weather Outreach Program is designing outreach products and services for museums and planetariums, for broadcast meteorologists and science writers, and for K-12 educators and the general public. These include:
White Paper On China's Space Activities countries, ways and means to mitigate and reduce space debris, and such as Committeeon Earth Observation Satellites, World weather monitoring, UN Decade http://english.people.com.cn/features/spacepaper/spacepaper5.html
Extractions: China persistently supports activities involving the peaceful use of outer space, and maintains that international space cooperation should be promoted and strengthened on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, mutual complementarity and common development. Guiding Principles The Chinese government holds that international space cooperation should follow the fundamental principles listed in the "Deceleration on International Cooperation on Exploring and Utilizing Outer Space for the Benefits and Interests of All Countries, Especially in Consideration of Developing Countries' Demands," which was approved by the 51st General Assembly of the United Nations in 1996. China adheres to the following principles while carrying out international space cooperation: - The aim of international space cooperation is to peacefully develop and use space resources for the benefit of all mankind. - International space cooperation should be carried out on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, mutual complementarity and common development, and the generally accepted principles of international law. - The priority aim of international space cooperation is to simultaneously increase the capability of space development of all countries, particularly the developing countries, and enable all countries to enjoy the benefits of space technology.
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Extractions: Available services range from the real-time notification of the occurrence of solar flare activity to the receipt of new observations of auroral activity (northern lights) from the global auroral activity observation network. Specific types of space environment parameters can also be monitored in real-time, such as the interplanetary magnetic field, solar wind velocities, solar wind densities, solar wind temperatures, energetic proton populations, the detection of the arrival of interplanetary shock waves, energetic electron populations, estimated polar cap potentials, and much more. You have complete control over what you receive. You set the thresholds that determine when SMS messages are delivered to you. You can even set up your services so that SMS material is only delivered to you during specific times of the day or night. And you can remotely control the SMS server while in the field by sending e-mail messages to the server.
