NASA Approves DAPHNE Mission for Improved Space Weather Forecasting

NASA has given the go-ahead for the DAPHNE (Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer) mission, designed to study the interaction of space weather with Earth's upper atmosphere. The mission aims to enhance prediction capabilities for space weather impacts on critical technologies like GPS and low Earth orbit satellites. DAPHNE will deploy two satellites to collect coordinated measurements of atmospheric conditions and plasma, focusing on the interplay between neutral and ionized atmospheric regions.