THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! NOAAs newest spacecraft is readying for launch in mid-January. DSCOVR -- or Deep Space Climate Observatory -- will give NOAAs space weather forecasters more reliable measurements of solar wind speed and improve their ability to monitor harmful solar activity: noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2014/20141218_DSCOVR.html DSCOVR is replacing an aging research satellite being used to warn of space weather impacts to Earth. Did you know that the NOAA NWS Space Weather Prediction Center is the nations *official source* of space weather forecasts, watches and warnings? Learn more about DSCOVR at nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR. Be sure to follow NOAA and NOAA Satellite and Information Service on Facebook and @NOAASatellites & @NOAA on Twitter for the latest leading up to the launch on Jan 23, which will be broadcast live on NASA TV! Details to come... About this NASA photo: The DSCOVR satellite being readied at NASAs Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:37:44 +0000
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