Solar Sail Spacecraft to Enhance Space Weather Warnings
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A heliophysicist team is developing the SWIFT satellite constellation, which uses solar sails for propulsion to provide earlier warnings of space weather events, potentially up to 60 minutes in advance, thereby protecting Earth's space infrastructure and future space missions.
Topics:science#science-and-technology#solar-sail#space-weather#space-weather-prediction#spacecraft-propulsion#swift-satellite
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