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Solar Sail Satellites Might Improve Space Weather Forecasting and Alerts

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February 18, 2025
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Satellites geared up with photo voltaic sails could quickly enhance early warnings for house climate occasions that might disrupt technological infrastructure on Earth. These sails, which harness mild from the solar for propulsion, are being explored as an economical different to conventional propulsion techniques. Scientists imagine this development might improve monitoring of photo voltaic exercise and supply earlier alerts for geomagnetic storms, lowering potential dangers to energy grids, satellites, GPS techniques, and air site visitors operations. Current house climate forecasting techniques function from a set level in house, however photo voltaic sail know-how might enable satellites to maneuver past typical areas for improved knowledge assortment.

Advancement in Space Weather Forecasting

As reported by house.com, based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Space Weather Observations, which manages operational satellite tv for pc techniques, photo voltaic sails might enable spacecraft to journey past the Earth-sun Lagrange Point One (L1). This location, roughly 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, gives a secure place for photo voltaic remark. Irfan Azeem, Division Chief of the Research to Operations and Project Planning Division at NOAA, advised Space.com that photo voltaic sails current a extra environment friendly different to chemical propulsion, enabling satellites to maneuver upstream of L1 for quicker knowledge retrieval. This might lengthen alert instances for geomagnetic storms by as much as 50 %.

New Mission Underway

A undertaking named Solar Cruiser, a collaboration between NOAA and NASA, is concentrated on creating a full-scale photo voltaic sail spacecraft. The sail, spanning 1,653 sq. metres, is designed to be deployed with 4 particular person quadrants. NOAA has reported that the development of the quadrants is anticipated to be accomplished by February 2026, with plans to safe a rideshare launch by 2029. Scientists are optimistic in regards to the affect of this know-how in house climate forecasting, because it might present earlier detection of photo voltaic flares and coronal mass ejections, in the end enhancing preparedness for disruptive house climate occasions.

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