NASA Awards SwRI $60 Million Contract to Develop Next-Generation Coronagraphs
November 19, 2024
November 19, 2024
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release:
Southwest Research Institute has won a $60 million contract to build three coronagraphs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). SwRI's novel Space Weather Solar Coronagraph (SwSCOR) is NOAA's next-generation instrument to provide early detection and characterization of Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
CMEs are huge bursts of corona . . .
Southwest Research Institute has won a $60 million contract to build three coronagraphs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). SwRI's novel Space Weather Solar Coronagraph (SwSCOR) is NOAA's next-generation instrument to provide early detection and characterization of Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
CMEs are huge bursts of corona . . .