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Satellite systems are a key part of many of the things we rely on each day, from air travel to power grids. In order to better understand how space weather can affect satellites, NASA is working to study atmospheric waves from the International Space Station. Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Lab recently reached a key milestone in this experiment.
Mike Taylor is a physics professor at USU and is the principal investigator for NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment. Until this project, he says the work of understanding how atmospheric weather affects the upper atmosphere was ground based.
USU Space Dynamics Lab wins major NASA mission
and last updated 2021-01-10 19:42:15-05
LOGAN, Utah â The Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University has been awarded a contract from NASA.
The SDL is tasked with investigating how large weather events on earth, like hurricanes or thunderstorms, create disturbances above the planetâs atmosphere.
âIt takes a lot of effort to compete at that level and be awarded an entire mission like this,â said Burt Lamborn, the project manager. âIt is a Logan, Utah centric mission that will revolutionize how scientists understand how earth weather affects that layer of space weather.â