Peaceful though it may seem from Earth, space is beset by “weather” that can prove perilous for the sensitive — and expensive — technology aboard the spacecraft and satellites increasingly populating the realms outside our atmosphere. To meet that challenge, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) researchers have developed the Compact Space Plasma Analyzer, a small and cost-efficient space sensor capable of measuring space weather, which will help protect technology in orbit.
![a1da2dc4-d7a5-4d1e-9592-096d11448ac5 The Compact Space Plasma Analyzer will improve space weather prediction.](https://dsiac.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/a1da2dc4-d7a5-4d1e-9592-096d11448ac5-panorama-a6dc5154f2ff1ca296a2b63bce73bb61-606cdedb7e0c3.jpg)
The Compact Space Plasma Analyzer will improve space weather prediction (LANL).
April 4, 2024 | Originally published by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) on March 20, 2024