
Space Weather Monitor is Now Operational
The “Meridian Project,” a massive scientific research project that will monitor weather in space, became fully operational this week. The Meridian Space Weather Monitoring Project is the China’s first space weather monitoring project and will lead the field in multiple areas, according to a statement from the National Space Science Center at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
“The project will help China’s space program achieve major breakthroughs, enhance the country’s competence in space and safeguard the security of the nation’s space activities,” says Wu Ji, general manager of the project and director of the National Space Science Center.
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