SOLAR-1
SOLAR-1 (formerly NOAA’s Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1, SWFO-L1) is an operational space-weather observatory at Sun-Earth L1. It measures the solar wind and observes coronal mass ejections to provide earlier warnings of disruptive space-weather events.
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Identity
- Aliases
- SOLAR-1SWFO-L1Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1Space weather Observations at L1 to Advance Readiness - 1
- Name
- SOLAR-1
- Status
- active
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- Description
- SOLAR-1 (formerly NOAA’s Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1, SWFO-L1) is an operational space-weather observatory at Sun-Earth L1. It measures the solar wind and observes coronal mass ejections to provide earlier warnings of disruptive space-weather events.
- Destination
- Sun–Earth L1, roughly one million miles from Earth, for continuous solar-wind, magnetic-field, and coronal-mass-ejection monitoring and space-weather early warnings
- Programs
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- Start Date
- 2025-09-24
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 22:48:28 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 09:50:30 UTC
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