SP-SW-02 INITIAL SPACE WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS

This activity will constitute the establishment and operation of the initial EU Space Weather service including interfacing with end users and provision of the service.The scope of the service shall cover all relevant space weather phenomena and their potential impact on spacecraft and space surveillance and tracking (SST) including in-situ radiation and plasma environments, variations in upper atmospheric density potentially leading to increased thermospheric drag and ionospheric conditions leading to possible communication disturbances.The aim of the service shall be to reduce vulnerabilities of European operators within the domain to negative impacts of space weather, reducing the duration of any resulting service disruption, and supporting the operational activities of SST services. The service shall provide the users with timely and reliable space weather bulletins and alerts based on near real-time monitoring, nowcast and forecast of space weather conditions and their potential impacts on spacecraft along with information to support post-event-analysis. It will include a helpdesk with both technical and domain specific support available to service users when needed, both during and outside normal working hours.