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NASA Selects SET for ISS Radiation Work
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. The NASA SBIR Program Office announced today that it selected Space Environment Technologies (SET) for a Phase IIE task to make real-time radiation measurements with the ARMAS FM9 instrument on the International Space Station. The Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety – Dual Monitor (ARMAS DM) Phase IIE project technical objective is
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NOAA Announces Appointees to New Space Weather Advisory Group
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. NOAA announced today the formation and members of the Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) that will advise the government on managing the risks of space weather to the nation’s infrastructure. The SWAG was established by Public Law 116-181, the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow
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SET and Korean Space Weather Center sign MOU
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Space Environment Technologies (SET) and the Korean Space Weather Center (KSWC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 4. The two organizations agreed to cooperate in the exchange space weather data and in space weather service and science. This historic document enables SET to provide its RADIAN data to KSWC for aviation
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SET Provides Technology for the Age of Commercial Space Tourism
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Space Environment Technologies (SET) congratulates Sir Richard Branson on his achievement of building, demonstrating, and using the first commercial space tourism transportation system. Virgin Galactic’s Unity22 vehicle reached suborbital space on July 11, 2021. SET’s Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) system for radiation monitoring is an integral part of
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SET-teamed proposals selected for NASA funding
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NASA announced awards to seven proposal teams in June and July 2021 where SET plays a major role. NASA’s 2020 Living With a Star program announced selected proposal teams in June 2020. These include development of a prediction capability for enhanced radiation levels at aviation altitudes due to energetic electron precipitation. NASA’s
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SpaceX launches ARMAS FM8 Radiation Detector into orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – Space Environment Technologies (SET), a global space weather research and operations company, announced the successful launch to orbit of its first ARMAS instrument using SpaceX’s Transporter-2 launch on June 30, 2021. The mission focuses on providing continuous radiation monitoring. The Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) Flight Module 8 (FM8) is
