| Space Weather Euro News Vol.4 Issue 16 (15-09-2000)
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1. Opening of the CLS operational space weather service
Opening of the CLS operational space weather service. At the end of last year, the Paris-Meudon Regional Warning Center of ISES (the International Space Environment Service) had to terminate its solar and geomagnetic forecast service. The daily predictions have been transfered to SIDC (Sunspot Index Data Center located at the Royal Observatory of Belgium) for public and scientific needs and to CLS (a commercial CNES subsidiary company) at Toulouse for space agencies and commercial needs. During the Space Weather week in Boulder, a decision from the ISES Directing Board meeting held on 6 May, 2000 approved that the SIDC take over most of the activities previously performed at the observatory of Meudon and accepted the Collecte Localisation Satellite (CLS) as an associated member reporting to SIDC. Since january 1st, CLS is performing daily forecast of F10.7 and Ap parameters for the following two weeks. These informations are available for registered users. Starting from october, a new data release policy will be adopted:
A report about the first semester of forecast performances is available (in French) and can be asked to Jean-Yves Prado (prado@cnes.fr). *****************************************************************
7th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference 2001: A Spacecraft Charging Odyssey Hosted by the European Space Agency at the ESTEC Conference Centre Noordwijk,
The Netherlands
Conference web site: http://www.estec.esa.nl/CONFANNOUN/sctc2001/index.html PURPOSE Spacecraft electrostatic charging was probably the first recognized problem-causing spacecraft-plasmainteraction process. This motivated the start of this series of conferences. Spacecraft charging remainsan important driver for space technology. Furthermore, several other aspects of the spacecraft plasma-interaction have been discovered and are now of interest from a scientific standpoint. The purpose of this 7th conference is to provide a forum to discuss the overall aspects of spacecraft plasma interactions and their impact on spacecraft technology and space plasma science instrumentation. KEY TOPICS Key toics include: Spacecraft charging and electrostatic sheaths; Spacecraft charging environments including relationships to "space weather"; In flight investigations and instrumentation (observations of charging, discharging and environments; instrument calibration issues); Spacecraft anomalies and other effects; Penetrating electrons and effects; Charging of dust and debris; Arcing, including "secondary arcs" and stimulated discharge; Active devices (e.g., tethers, high voltage systems, electric thrusters, plasma contactors... ); Numerical and quantitative methods; Testing; Material characterisation including passive charging control and new materials; Engineering procedures, standards & guidelines; Policy issues (Business, Collaboration, Standardisation, Insurance, IP, Technology transfer,...); SCHEDULE Submission of abstracts: 15 October 2000
SPONSORS European Space Agency
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3.Vacancies in Space Environments and Effects Analysis at ESA
Applicants from ESA member states with suitable education are welcome: http://www.esa.int/hr/VN/308.html
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4. Some ESA Tender Actions from ESA EMITS
AO3702
AO3743
AO3744
http://emits.esa.int/emits/OpenTenders *****************************************************************
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