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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…
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SET delivers instrument to make radiation measurements at the Moon’s South Pole
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Space Environment Technologies announced today the upcoming Moon launch of its Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) Flight Module (FM) 11 instrument to the Moon. Delivery of the ARMAS FM11 to the lander for integration occurred in October 2023. The current launch date is Spring 2024 as part of the NASA…
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SET Launches ARMAS Dual Monitor Payload With World View
PAGE, ARIZONA. Space Environment Technologies (SET) successfully launched its Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) Dual Monitor payload on Wednesday August 16th at 6:30 AM local time. A Stratollite balloon vehicle made by World View Enterprises (WVE) carried the ARMAS Flight Module 5 (FM5) total ionizing dose detector and a gamma-ray spectrometer. This mission,…
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SET Awarded NASA SBIR Grant to improve operational density forecasting
BOULDER, COLORADO. Space Environment Technologies (SET) has been awarded a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant for improving thermosphere densities. Under the direction of Principal Investigator and Director of SET’s Space Weather Division Shaylah Mustschler, SET will improve forecast solar and geomagnetic indices inputs into the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) High Accuracy…
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SET announces development of ARGOS space weather platform
BOULDER, COLORADO. Dr. Justin Bailey, the Director of the Space Systems Division at Space Environment Technologies (SET), announced on April 21, 2023 the development of its Aeronautical Regional Geospatial Observer System (ARGOS) at the annual Space Weather Workshop (SWW) 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. ARGOS is a lightweight, low-cost, high altitude, long endurance uncrewed aerial vehicle…
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Space Weather Advisory Group provides recommendations to U.S. Government agencies
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. On April 17, 2023, the Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) provided 25 findings with 56 recommendations which, if implemented, would provide the funding, processes, support, and structure to foster transformative change across the national space weather enterprise. The document, titled “Findings and Recommendations to Successfully Implement PROSWIFT and Transform the National Space…
