High above Earth’s poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about a million amps of electrical […]
Magnetic Field
Swarm satellites use magnetic signals to reveal Earth’s hidden ocean mysteries
ESA’s Swarm mission, utilizing the faint magnetic signals generated by Earth’s ocean tides, offers groundbreaking insights into undersea magma distribution and potential changes in global ocean temperatures and salinity. These […]
SSC’s largest balloon ever launches from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden
Larger means higher – and on July 17 at 4.39 pm local time, the largest stratospheric balloon ever to be launched from Esrange Space Center rose from the ground in northern […]
Arianespace Vega C plans for an ESA SMILE in 2025
The Vega C will launch the SMILE (Solar-wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). SMILE is designed to […]
ESA to develop two new Scout satellites NanoMagSat and Tango for the New Space era
Further embracing the New Space era, ESA is to develop two new Scout satellites: NanoMagSat and Tango. NanoMagSat will measure Earth’s magnetic field to help assess space weather hazards and […]
Spire Global participates in NGA prize challenge
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has been invited by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and has agreed to participate, in Phase 4 of MagQuest, a prize challenge to advance how […]
Open Cosmos signs contract with ESA to develop the smallsat NanoMagSat constellation concept
Open Cosmos has announced their latest contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the NanoMagSat mission concept. The NanoMagSat mission concept consist of a smallsat constellation to monitor the […]