Lockheed Martin integrated a solar ultraviolet imager instrument...

Lockheed Martin integrated a solar ultraviolet imager instrument with the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The new solar analysis payload will help scientists measure and forecast space weather, “which can damage satellites, electrical grids and communications systems on Earth,” Lockheed said in a news release (http://bit.ly/1pe8ToJ). Timely forecasts of severe space weather events “would help satellite operators and electrical grid technicians mitigate potential damage to such systems,” it said.