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SET President Appointed to White House Advisory Panel
WASHINGTON, DC. The Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) White House Subcommittee is pleased to announce the appointment of 15 non-government members and a student member to the second cohort of the Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG). Dr. W. Kent Tobiska, President of Space Environment Technologies, was reappointed for a second term on the…
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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SET issues Monitoring notice for geomagnetic storms starting as early as May 29, 2024
LOS ANGELES. Space Environment Technologies (SET) has issued a Monitoring notice for geomagnetic storms starting as early as May 29, 2024 and extending to June 8, 2024 above the level of G0 quiet conditions. A Monitoring notice is issued when geomagnetic conditions are being actively monitored using information that is available at the time of…
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First radiation dose measurements from an aircraft during an extreme geomagnetic storm
LOS ANGELES. Space Environment Technologies (SET) reported that it has made the first radiation dose measurements above 8 km (26,000 ft) on a high latitude continental U.S. (CONUS) air traffic route during an extreme geomagnetic storm. Dr. W. Kent Tobiska, SET’s Chief Scientist, reported that the company’s Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) Flight…
