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Had a great #AMS2026 on the space weather side. Probably my most productive AMS meeting in some time! Here are my big takeaways:

Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.

@spacecataz1663.bsky.social

1) Agencies, especially NASA, are ramping up research-to-operations work in space weather in new and thoughtful ways. They are working on new proposal opportunities for R2O and experimenting with ways to support effective R2O2R efforts.

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Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.

@spacecataz1663.bsky.social

29 Jan

2) We are about to enter a new era in solar wind observations. IMAP's I-ALiRT data goes live next week (!!!) and the SOLAR-1 spacecraft is going live this spring. These are much needed resources for end users, aurora watches, and researchers!

Prof. Dr. Dan guy -issimo.

@spacecataz1663.bsky.social

29 Jan

3) NASA wants to try to get science missions into space more quickly, but I don't know what this means yet. This is a goal expressed in multiple venues yet, but we're all still waiting to see how this transpires.