solar activity Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:07:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png solar activity Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 PSLV rocket launches Europe’s Proba-3 mission to mimic solar eclipses https://spacenews.com/pslv-rocket-launches-europes-proba-3-mission-to-mimic-solar-eclipses/ https://spacenews.com/pslv-rocket-launches-europes-proba-3-mission-to-mimic-solar-eclipses/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:07:56 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=509724 A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, surrounded by smoke and flames, against a backdrop of green vegetation and blue sky. The rocket's red-and-white design stands out as it carries the European Proba-3 mission into orbit.
A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, surrounded by smoke and flames, against a backdrop of green vegetation and blue sky. The rocket's red-and-white design stands out as it carries the European Proba-3 mission into orbit.

HELSINKI — India launched the Proba-3 European technology demonstration mission Wednesday which will use a pair of spacecraft to create artificial solar eclipses. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/pslv-rocket-launches-europes-proba-3-mission-to-mimic-solar-eclipses/feed/ 0 509724 University of New Hampshire to build NOAA solar wind sensors https://spacenews.com/university-of-new-hampshire-to-build-noaa-solar-wind-sensors/ https://spacenews.com/university-of-new-hampshire-to-build-noaa-solar-wind-sensors/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:13:35 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=507647

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of New Hampshire, Durham, will build sensors to study solar winds under a $24.3 million contract announced Oct. 24. The Solar Wind Plasma Sensor contract, […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/university-of-new-hampshire-to-build-noaa-solar-wind-sensors/feed/ 0 507647 Here comes the sun and, for satellite operators, it’s not alright https://spacenews.com/here-comes-the-sun-and-for-satellite-operators-its-not-alright/ https://spacenews.com/here-comes-the-sun-and-for-satellite-operators-its-not-alright/#respond Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:59:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=167507

The sun goes through an 11-year cycle of activity, with the number of sunspots, along with the frequency and severity of solar storms, rising and falling over that span. Each […]

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