Author: Alex Sosnov

  • ARMAS Dual Monitor mission milestone reached

    ARMAS Dual Monitor mission milestone reached

    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Space Environment Technologies (SET) has just hit the 3-week milestone of a 30-day balloon flight ARMAS 2 mission using the World View Enterprises (WVE) Gryphon29 stratocraft. The balloon system has been flying around the western U.S. across Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, and New Mexico. Launched on…

  • ARMAS Dual Monitor mission successfully launched

    ARMAS Dual Monitor mission successfully launched

    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Space Environment Technologies (SET) launched its Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) Dual Monitor (DM) payload on a World View Enterprises Stratocraft balloon on Saturday August 31, 2024 at 14:52 UT as the ARMAS 2 mission. It is flying between 16-22 km altitude (up to 72,000 ft.) across the western U.S.…

  • The Gannon superstorm may revisit Earth next week

    The Gannon superstorm may revisit Earth next week

    LOS ANGELES. Space Environment Technologies (SET) has issued an updated Alert notice for possible geomagnetic storms starting as early as May 29, 2024 and extending to June 8, 2024 at the level of G1 or greater. This revised forecast notice places the timeframe of greatest possible storm activity between May 31 through June 6 2024.…