Space Weather Solar Coronagraph (SwSCOR) (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Space Weather Solar Coronagraph (SwSCOR)

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NASA awarded SwRI a $60 million contract to develop, build and test three Space Weather Solar Coronagraphs for NOAA. The novel SwSCOR instrument has a three-stage lens system mounted behind a single-pylon external occulter to minimize distortion as it detects and characterizes coronal mass ejections. 

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Southwest Research Institute

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