It's #InternationalYouthDay, and just like kids, the sun can have BIG bursts of energy!

This fall, @NOAA will launch #SWFOL1—a satellite that will monitor the sun from a special location in space to help keep Earth safe from the effects of #SpaceWeather.

Learn more in our latest children's video below and by visiting: https://t.co/SVbsW7yGH8

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Reporters: Experts to preview launch of historic @NOAA space weather satellite observatory on August 21

#SWFOL1 will provide critical early warning of solar storms

Details:

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Great news!
We’re excited for #SWFOL1 to be one of your rideshare partners on this journey to learn more about the sun and #SpaceWeather.

Looking forward to launch!
#LetsGoSWFO #SWFOLaunch

IMAP arrived in its new clean room for fueling!

Technicians carefully loaded more than 317 pounds of hydrazine into three tanks on the observatory.

IMAP, along with two rideshare missions, will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 NET September. https://t.co/tZdEDeirk8 https://t.co/boSnwtOh3Z - NASA's Kennedy Space Center

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Our stormy sun released two spectacular solar prominences on August 20, 2025, and the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (#SUVI) onboard @NOAA's #GOES19 🛰️ caught the eruptions.

With the upcoming launch of NOAA's #SWFOL1 🛰️, we’ll gain even more insight into these events to support @NWSSWPC's #SpaceWeather forecasts.
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Coming this fall! 🚀🛰️
#SWFOL1 is @NOAA’s first satellite fully dedicated to monitoring #SpaceWeather.

From a million miles away, it will track solar eruptions and provide early warnings of events that could disrupt satellites, power grids, communications and more on Earth.

More: https://t.co/SVbsW7yGH8
@NWSSWPC #LetsGoSWFO #SWFOLaunch

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Why is @NOAA launching SWFO-L1? 🚀

Because #SpaceWeather affects us all.
With #SWFOL1 watching the sun, we’ll get earlier warnings of:

🛰️Satellite disruptions
👨‍🚀Astronaut safety needs
📲Impacts to the tech we rely on every day

Learn more: https://t.co/SVbsW7yGH8
#LetsGoSWFO #SWFOLaunch

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#SpaceWeather from solar activity can disrupt power grids, GPS, communications, satellites and more.

@NOAA’s #SWFOL1 🛰️ will help monitor the sun to provide us with earlier warnings.

See five historic solar storms that impacted Earth: https://t.co/UJAMJHlO3D https://t.co/P5NUgsDDfs

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RT @NOAASatellites: #SpaceWeather from solar activity can disrupt power grids, GPS, communications, satellites and more.

@NOAA’s #SWFOL1 🛰️ will help monitor the sun to provide us with earlier warnings.

See five historic solar storms that impacted Earth: https://t.co/UJAMJHlO3D https://t.co/P5NUgsDDfs

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Like a security camera for our solar neighborhood, @NOAA’s #SWFOL1 🛰️ will keep constant watch for solar storms that could impact Earth.

Launching with @NASA’s upcoming #IMAP and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
missions, it will give us a clearer picture of our cosmic home.

Learn more about SWFO-L1: https://t.co/SVbsW7yGH8
#SWFOLaunch #LetsGoSWFO #SpaceWeather

Over 11 billion miles away, an invisible wall separates our “home” in space from the galaxy beyond. 🏠🌌

This wall is the boundary of our heliosphere, the area of space carved out by our Sun. Like a house, the heliosphere shelters us from harsh weather outside and regulates the environment inside.

What does our home in space actually look like? We still don’t fully know — but a new NASA mission is aiming to change that.

Launching as early as Sept. 23, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will help us construct the “blueprints” of our home in space.

This video is the first of a three-part series that explores how we learn about our heliosphere, how it protects us, and how it advances the search for life elsewhere in the universe. - NASA Solar System

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Like a security camera for our solar neighborhood, @NOAA’s #SWFOL1 🛰️ will keep constant watch for solar storms that could impact Earth.

Launching with @NASA’s upcoming #IMAP and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory missions, it will give us a clearer picture of our cosmic home.

Learn more about SWFO-L1: https://t.co/SVbsW7zewG
#SWFOLaunch #LetsGoSWFO #SpaceWeather

Over 11 billion miles away, an invisible wall separates our “home” in space from the galaxy beyond. 🏠🌌

This wall is the boundary of our heliosphere, the area of space carved out by our Sun. Like a house, the heliosphere shelters us from harsh weather outside and regulates the environment inside.

What does our home in space actually look like? We still don’t fully know — but a new NASA mission is aiming to change that.

Launching as early as Sept. 23, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will help us construct the “blueprints” of our home in space.

This video is the first of a three-part series that explores how we learn about our heliosphere, how it protects us, and how it advances the search for life elsewhere in the universe. - NASA Solar System

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🚀We are at T-minus 2 weeks and counting!
@NOAA's #SWFOL1 satellite is planning to launch no earlier than Sept. 23, 2025.

It will be riding into space alongside @NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (#IMAP) and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.

From ~one million miles away, SWFO-L1 will monitor solar activity and provide early warnings of disruptive #SpaceWeather.

#LetsGoSWFO!
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.@NOAA’s #SWFOL1 🛰️ is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The #CountdownToLaunch is on!🚀

SWFO-L1 carries a suite of new instruments that measure solar wind speed, density, temperature, as well as magnetic field variations in real time to provide better forecasts of incoming #SpaceWeather than ever before.

More: https://t.co/dWHCnAi71t
#SWFOMission #LetsGoSWFO

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We're at T-minus 4 days and counting! 🚀

@NOAA's #SWFOL1 🛰️ is ready to improve #SpaceWeather forecasting!

Its magnetometer will track solar plasma heading toward Earth, helping forecast geomagnetic storms. Its location, at the end of a long boom, reduces interference from the spacecraft itself.

More about SWFO-L1: https://t.co/Kc0yYIw2rx
#SWFOMission #LetsGoSWFO #CountdownToLaunch

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🚀 T-minus 1 hour to launch!

@NOAA’s #SWFOL1 satellite, along with @NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (#IMAP) and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, are preparing to lift off on a @SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from @NASAKennedy.

All three will journey toward the sun to advance our understanding of #SpaceWeather. #LetsGoSWFO!

📺 Live coverage will begin at 6:40 a.m. EDT here on X, Facebook, and https://t.co/w4mdwcXY3h

#SWFOMission #CountdownToLaunch

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Just in: @NOAA’s SWFO-L1 observatory heads to orbit for groundbreaking mission

New #satellite will advance space weather forecasting

--> News release + launch video: https://t.co/58q5oEsVYS

@NOAASatellitePA #SWFOL1 #SpaceWeather

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Success! @NOAA's SWFO-L1 has reached its final destination—nearly one million miles away from Earth toward the sun and has been renamed SOLAR-1. The observatory is expected to begin #SpaceWeather operations in Spring 2026.

Read more: https://t.co/h8ZDFVcJCE https://t.co/4RLKgYMbAE

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With @NASA’s #ArtemisII now in flight, its astronauts will be traveling beyond Earth’s protective magnetic shield on their journey around the moon, entering a region where #SpaceWeather can pose risks to their health and safety.

Forecasts from @NOAA’s @NWSSWPC will help keep them informed of potential dangers.

Learn more: https://t.co/YE31jgWTkJ

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For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts traveled beyond Earth’s protective magnetic shield.

As the world watched #ArtemisII, @NOAA watched for dangerous solar activity. #SpaceWeather monitoring helped protect the crew and bring them home safely.

Learn more: https://t.co/Yhw7yuevAs

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