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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Not talking about the parker solar probe.
That one is going to be something like 4 million miles away from the sun. It's only going to study the sun.
The one I'm talking about is a fairly boring weather satellite with a little different instrumentation at a closer orbit than most weather satellites, its going to study earths atmosphere and the interaction between it and solar wind.
How does one observe the solar winds interactions with the upper atmosphere from the ground?
Furthermore how does one draw the conclusion that this satellite won't find anything new?
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One would presume that there'd have to be a need for it's data,to justify the expense of putting it up there.
Since space weather travels slower than the speed of light,if this satellite can be a early-warning system for telecommunications and GPS,it would be of value to a lot of customers,including the Pentagon.
If it detects a coronal mass ejection on our way,well it's extinction time for all of us.
There are blue jets which operate up to 75-miles,into the ionosphere.Sprites and other critters operating below.
Perhaps this newfangled satellite will discover some fun new facts.
If you're betting on the discovery of some cosmic ray,climate forcing mechanism,you may not want to wager too much on that bet.
Anthropogenic climate change is in a 'mature' enough stage,scientifically,that it's not necessary to search for alternate explanations.Again,Ockham's Razor.