https://spacewatch.global/tag/southwest-research-institute/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:16:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/southwest-research-institute/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/09/firefly-to-launch-noaas-quicksounder-spacecraft/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61344 Firefly Aerospace will undertake a NASA Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) mission to launch the QuickSounder environmental satellite on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Launching on Firefly’s Alpha rocket in 2026, the collaborative mission between NASA and NOAA is the first project supporting NOAA’s new Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) program.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/nasa-selects-spacex-for-tracers-mission/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51455 NASA has selected SpaceX and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission. The mission comprises a pair of small satellites that will study space weather and how the Sun’s energy affects Earth’s magnetic environment or magnetosphere.]]>