SWO

Space Weather Follow-On

future Mission
Illustration of the Sun and Earth, with multiple spacecrafts in space.

The Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) program sustains NOAA’s foundational set of space-based space weather observations and measurements collected by legacy missions (DSCOVR and SOHO) to ensure continuity of critical data.

Mission Type

Instrument, Space Observatory, Space Environment

Target

Sun, Sun-Earth Interaction, Space Environment

Launch

Multiple (2024 and 2025)

Objective

Operational space weather observations
Space Weather Follow-On NOAA Website
Featured Video

Five Things to Know About Space Weather

Just like we experience weather on Earth, there’s weather in space! The Sun may look very constant and quiet from Earth, but it's constantly spewing out a stream of particles called the solar wind. Space weather is activity on the Sun that can affect Earth and interact with our technology.

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