Solar and Geomagnetic Space Environment Specification for Operations

The short-term, variable impact of the Sun’s photons, solar wind particles, and interplanetary magnetic field upon the Earth’s environment can adversely affect technological systems and is known as space weather. Space Environment Technologies (SET) and Exploration Physics International (EXPI) have formed a strategic partner alliance to produce commercial space weather products that will reduce risks to space and ground operations. This is the first commercial service to predict solar photons, particles, and fields that affect technological systems at Earth and beyond. We describe an EXPI operational model of the solar wind density, velocity, and magnetic field and the SET operational models of solar irradiances and solar flare evolution prediction that jointly provide forecast parameters. The solar photons, particles, and fields generated by the solar wind, solar irradiance, and flare prediction models are used as fundamental energy inputs into other space physics models. The resulting information describes the dynamical changes in the near-Earth space environment that result from space weather. EXPI and SET have established their partner alliance to extend space weather services to communication, navigation, geolocation, satellite operation, and other industries.