BackForwardInstrument:  SwSCOR 

Instrument details
Acronym SwSCOR
Full name Space Weather Solar Coronagraph
Purpose To detect and characterize Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) for space weather forecasting.
Short description
  • Measures real-time images of the solar K corona (sunlight scattered by free electrons near the Sun) every 90 s using a single-stage, externally occulted coronagraph 
Background

Heritage from research coronagraphs SOHO/LASCO, STEREO/SECCHI and others
Scanning Technique

Sun pointing from L1 Lagrange point.
Resolution
Coverage / Cycle Measures every 90 s
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency NOAA
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 2033 to 2038
Last update: 2026-11-09
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Solar activity monitor
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • Solar coronagraph and radio- spectrograph, at L1
  • Solar coronographic imager at L1
  • Subcomponent 2
  • Solar coronagraph and heliospheric imagery both on the Earth-Sun line and off the Earth-Sun line (e.g. L5 point)
  • Solar coronographic imager [from L1, GEO, LEO]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Solar coronagraphic image
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.