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Radiation exposure
Energetic particles can upset or damage electronics and add to crew exposure. Beyond Earth’s protective environment, shielding and timely shelter decisions become central to mission planning.
LEO · CISLUNAR · LUNAR SURFACE
Space Radiation
Awareness & Warning
The space-environment intelligence network for orbital infrastructure, defense, and permanent operations on the Moon.
Discover our approach ↗Civil and military missions
SCROLL TO EXPLORE ↓01 / THE THREAT
Space weather threats
A mission’s exposure changes along its route—from atmospheric drag in LEO to radiation in cislunar space and plasma interactions at the lunar surface.
Solar activity is only part of the picture. Local conditions, mission phase, and the vulnerability of each spacecraft or surface asset determine the operational consequence.
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Spacecraft & surface charging
Interactions with plasma and sunlight can create electrical potential differences. Discharges can disturb hardware; lunar light, shadow, and local plasma make surface conditions especially important.
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Orbital & link disruption
Storm-driven drag changes orbit predictions in LEO. Communications and navigation can also be disrupted, affecting coordination between spacecraft, relay assets, and mission teams.
02 / OUR APPROACH
Distributed measurements
ANOR is developing a proliferated, distributed network of low-SWaP sensors to fill current observation gaps and expand observations across these environments.
01 / LEO · MEO · GEO
Environmental context for orbital infrastructure and mission transitions.
02 / CISLUNAR & LUNAR ORBIT
Observations along transit routes and around lunar relay and orbital assets.
03 / LUNAR SURFACE
Local conditions for landers, rovers, crews, and sustained surface operations.
03 / THE VALUE OF SPACE WEATHER DATA
Real-time data, nowcasts
& forecasts
Environmental data supports immediate operating decisions and builds the historical record needed to investigate failures, assess financial risk, and improve predictive models.
CURRENT CONDITIONS
Nowcasting
Real-time observations help establish the environment a spacecraft is experiencing now. Combined with spacecraft telemetry, they give operators context to assess exposure, interpret anomalies, and decide whether to continue or adjust operations.
ANTICIPATED CONDITIONS→
Forecasting
Forecasts help mission teams plan maneuvers, determine when to enter safe mode, and replan operations ahead of changing conditions. They inform when to reschedule sensitive activities and when to reassess a return to normal operations.
Hardware failure analysis
Compare anomaly and failure timelines with environmental observations at the spacecraft’s location. This helps engineers investigate whether space weather contributed to an event and distinguish environmental effects from other possible causes.
Risk assessment & underwriting
Records of environmental exposure give insurers evidence to inform mission risk assessment and underwriting. When an incident occurs, that history can also support loss investigation and claims analysis.
Model training & validation
Accumulated observations provide data to train, calibrate, and validate space weather models. Comparing predictions with measured conditions helps identify forecast errors and improve models across orbital, cislunar, and lunar surface environments.
04 / PUBLIC MISSION PRIORITIES
Mission needs
Defense operations, operational forecasting, and lunar exploration need different outcomes from environmental data. ANOR’s development focus is an observation network whose data can be evaluated against those needs.
Mission assurance
Military operators need timely environmental context to protect assets and sustain operations within a hybrid government-commercial architecture.
The mission need: connect environmental conditions to asset vulnerability, maneuver planning, protective modes, and operational continuity.
SSC’s hybrid strategy · May 2026 ↗Operational data readiness
Forecast centers need observations with usable coverage, low latency, and documented quality. Data must be evaluated before it enters operational forecasting systems.
The mission need: measurements with documented quality and uncertainty that can be tested for model impact and integrated into forecast workflows.
NOAA’s data evaluation priorities ↗Sustained lunar operations
Sustained lunar missions need better local measurements and predictive support for radiation and plasma effects on crews, spacecraft, and surface infrastructure.
The mission need: characterize conditions in cislunar space and at the lunar surface to support crew protection, hardware reliability, and activity planning.
NASA’s exploration data gaps · June 2026 ↗05 / BLOG
All articles ↗Space weather blog
Space weather losses
February 2022 Starlink satellite losses: why a moderate storm mattered
How a February 2022 geomagnetic storm contributed to the loss of 38 Starlink satellites, and what the event means for LEO mission risk and forecasting.
READ ARTICLE ↗Space weather lossesMay 2024 solar storm: satellite drag and the operational cost of uncertainty
The May 2024 Gannon storm changed satellite drag and challenged orbit predictions. Explore the operational exposure behind space weather losses in LEO.
READ ARTICLE ↗Space weather lossesOctober 2024 Starlink reentry: what an early return can—and cannot—prove
A study linked the October 2024 geomagnetic storm to possible accelerated Starlink reentry. Understand the evidence, uncertainty, and lessons for loss attribution.
READ ARTICLE ↗Lunar radiationLunar radiation risk: why Moon missions need local observations and warning
Understand galactic cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, and why radiation monitoring, forecasts, and shelter planning matter for lunar missions.
READ ARTICLE ↗Surface chargingSpacecraft surface charging: how electrostatic discharge becomes a mission risk
What spacecraft surface charging is, how differential charging can lead to electrostatic discharge, and why local plasma context matters for failure analysis.
READ ARTICLE ↗06 / TEAM & ADVISORS
Experience across space,
science, and technology.
Team & Advisors
Mary Glaz
CEO
Repeat founder with 10+ years in deep tech and 2+ years focused on space weather. Former deep tech VC partner.
Stephen Gregorio
CFO
30+ years in technology finance. IPO and post-IPO leadership, capital raises, and M&A.
Dr. John Springmann
Technical Advisor
Former Tomorrow.io SVP of Space. Led space and radar programs. Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Advisors
Enrico Camporeale
Space Weather Advisor
CU Boulder scientist and NASA SWORD Co-PI. Expertise in space weather modeling.
Tom Marrotta
Government Contracting Advisor
Spaceport Company CEO and former U.S. diplomat. Expertise in government contracting.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center team
Marilia Samara
Research Astrophysicist
NASA Geospace Physics. Ionospheric physics and particle instrumentation.
Robert G. Michell
Research Astrophysicist
NASA Goddard researcher. Fields and particles, and space instrumentation.
Li-Jen Chen
Research Astrophysicist
MMS / TRACERS scientist. Magnetic reconnection and plasma heating research.
Portraits: Marilia Samara — NASA / W. Hrybyk; Robert G. Michell — Bryan Whitten / The Sun Star.