New Space Companies Meet a “Normal” Solar Maximum
Abstract The monthly mean sunspot number has been larger in June–July 2023 than the double peak of solar cycle 24 (146 in February 2014 and 139 in November 2011) and brings us back to the sunspot level of solar cycle 23. However, the number of rocket launches, satellites in orbit and private space c...
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| description | Abstract The monthly mean sunspot number has been larger in June–July 2023 than the double peak of solar cycle 24 (146 in February 2014 and 139 in November 2011) and brings us back to the sunspot level of solar cycle 23. However, the number of rocket launches, satellites in orbit and private space companies has increased dramatically in the past 20 years. Additionally, there is a growing interest for space exploration beyond Earth's orbit, to the Moon and beyond, which comes with higher risk of being affected by space weather. Here, we discuss some of these trends and the role of the journal to improve awareness of space weather impacts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aaf2585e7a2040eaa8948b0f85ea34eb2025-01-14T16:31:23ZengWileySpace Weather1542-73902023-09-01219n/an/a10.1029/2023SW003702New Space Companies Meet a “Normal” Solar MaximumNoé Lugaz0Huixin Liu1Brett A. Carter2Jennifer Gannon3Shasha Zou4Steven K. Morley5Department of Physics and Astronomy Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space University of New Hampshire Durham NH USADepartment of Earth and Planetary Science Faculty of Science Kyushu University Fukuoka JapanSPACE Research Centre School of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC AustraliaComputational Physics, Inc. Boulder CO USADepartment of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering (CLaSP) University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USASpace Science and Applications (ISR‐1) Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos NM USAAbstract The monthly mean sunspot number has been larger in June–July 2023 than the double peak of solar cycle 24 (146 in February 2014 and 139 in November 2011) and brings us back to the sunspot level of solar cycle 23. However, the number of rocket launches, satellites in orbit and private space companies has increased dramatically in the past 20 years. Additionally, there is a growing interest for space exploration beyond Earth's orbit, to the Moon and beyond, which comes with higher risk of being affected by space weather. Here, we discuss some of these trends and the role of the journal to improve awareness of space weather impacts.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003702 |
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