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President Trump’s proposed NASA budget looks to drop 41 science missions including 19 that are operational in space. The new space weather missions, though, are more closely tied to his
NASA and SpaceX are set for the launch of the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) from Florida on Wednesday morning. Joining IMAP atop a Falcon 9 are two additional rideshare payloads: NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) and the joint NASA/University of Illinois Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.
SAN FRANCISCO — Lynker Space is working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to offer space-weather forecasts tailored for operators of power grids and other elements of U.S. critical infrastructure.