US launches satellite to better prepare for space weather
Cape Canaveral (AFP) June 25, 2024
The United States on Tuesday launched a new satellite expected to significantly improve forecasts of solar flares and coronal mass ejections - huge plasma bubbles that can crash into Earth, disrupting power grids and communications. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the satellite into orbit took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:26 pm (2126 GMT), the US space agency a
