International Coordination and Support for SmallSat-enabled
Space Weather Activities
Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla1, Bhavya
Lal2, Robert Robinson3, Amir
Caspi4, David R. Jackson5, Therese
Moretto Jørgensen6, and James Spann7
1 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD,
USA.
2IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute,
Washington, DC, USA
3The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC,
USA.
4Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA.
5Met Office, Exeter, UK
6University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
7NASA Headquarters, Heliophysics Division, Washington,
DC, USA.
Corresponding author: Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla (teresa.nieves@nasa.gov)
Key Points:
- Space weather science and SmallSat technology have matured in
parallel, but better international communication and coordination is
needed
- International agreements must address orbital debris, spectrum
management, export control, launch opportunities, data access, and
more
- Challenges described in this commentary point to the need for a
permanent international working group to coordinate efforts