From frank at mclc908.org Thu Feb 12 05:29:07 2015 From: frank at mclc908.org (Frank) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 05:29:07 -0500 Subject: [MIham] Fwd: The Deep Space Climate Observatory In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <54DC8073.8050100@mclc908.org> Space Weather News for Feb.12, 2015 http://spaceweather.com For years, space weather forecasters have worried about the aging ACE spacecraft, which provides early warnings of CMEs and other solar storms bearing down on Earth. Launched in 1997, ACE could fail at any moment, leaving us blind to incoming storms. On Feb. 11th, NOAA, NASA and the US Air Force launched a replacement--The Deep Space Climate Observatory. Read all about it on http://spaceweather.com From frank at mclc908.org Wed Feb 25 06:15:14 2015 From: frank at mclc908.org (Frank) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 06:15:14 -0500 Subject: [MIham] Chinese Rocket Body Disintegrates over North America Message-ID: <54EDAEC2.6090906@mclc908.org> Space Weather News for Feb. 24, 2015 http://spaceweather.com Last night, Feb. 23-24, observers across the western half of North America witnessed a spectacular cluster of bright lights in the sky. It was the re-entry and disintegration of a Chinese rocket body. Coincidentally, a geomagnetic storm was in progress at the time and more than one photographer caught the rocket's debris cutting across curtains of Northern Lights. Visithttp://spaceweather.com for photos and more information.