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Solar Sail Spacecraft Might Boost Space Weather Warnings by Practically 60 Minutes

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August 4, 2025
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A possible new photo voltaic sail-powered satellite tv for pc mission is providing an prolonged early warning of maximum area climate occasions to soundly shut down essentially the most susceptible items of our tech — with out ready for them to fail mid-activity after which determining why. Going far past Earth within the conventional sense of such a satellite tv for pc, the photo voltaic sail spacecraft would offer virtually 20 extra minutes of warning time (as much as about 60 minutes complete) earlier than some very harmful geomagnetic storms. These eruptions, referred to as coronal mass ejections, trigger area climate occasions that may disrupt satellites, injury energy grids, and expose astronauts to cosmic radiation by way of the power to floor high-altitude industrial flights. The higher the predictions, the extra time for important methods to reply, so total it’s presupposed to work out.

Solar Sail Mission SWIFT Aims to Boost Space Weather Forecasting from Beyond L1 Point

According to a report printed by The Conversation and contributed to Space.com, the brand new SWIFT (Space Weather Investigation Frontier) mission will put a satellite tv for pc with a light-weight photo voltaic sail on it out at 2.1 million kilometers from Earth, which is farther than the present L1 Lagrange level the place photo voltaic wind is monitored now. That would possibly imply an extended warning — “lead” time, in area climate communicate — which might give satellite tv for pc operators extra time to protect their satellites, forestall astronauts from being uncovered to excessive radiation, and permit airways to chart the most secure methods for planes.

The new photo voltaic spacecraft, Solar Cruiser, stays in orbit by a steadiness created from the Sun’s gravity and photo voltaic photons bounced off a reflective sail. And far bigger than earlier sail missions like NASA’s NanoSail-D2 and JAXA’s IKAROS. This steers the satellite tv for pc post-launch.

Solar Cruiser, a part of the SWIFT constellation, will measure photo voltaic wind at a number of vantage factors for higher interplanetary area climate forecasting. Enquire for extra economical on-ground area climate forecasts and missions comparable to SWIFT that assist defend our planet from imploding on account of photo voltaic emissions.

 

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