NOAA's Upcoming SWFO-L1 Satellite: Dedicated to Space Weather Monitoring

NOAA's Upcoming SWFO-L1 Satellite: Dedicated to Space Weather Monitoring

From its unique vantage point, a million and a half kilometers from Earth at Lagrange Point 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will introduce a "next generation satellite called Space Weather Follow On L1 (SWFO-L1). The SWFO-L1 observatory is the first of its kind, designed to be dedicated to full time operational space weather observations. By keeping an eye on the Sun’s activity without interruption, it will give us quicker and more accurate forecasts than ever before." 

Learn more about the SWFO-L1 mission: 

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/future-programs/swfo/space-weather-follow-l1-mission

Stay tuned for the SWFO-L1 launch, scheduled for 2025 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SWFO-L1's solar wind plasma sensor (SWiPS)

instruments are intended to replace Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) and Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) monitoring of solar wind, energetic particles, and the interplanetary magnetic field, while SWFO-L1's compact coronagraph (CCOR) will replace SOHO's LASCO (Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph) imaging of coronal mass ejections (CMEs).

Video Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Duration: 32 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 4, 2024

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