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U.S. Space Weather Data Disrupted Today as NOAA Troubleshoots
Boulder, CO – A disruption is affecting some of the federal government's real time space weather observations Tuesday, with NOAA technicians troubleshooting unavailable solar wind and satellite data.
By Paige Sullivan · 2026-09-22T15:26:26.267Z
Boulder, CO – A disruption is affecting some of the federal government's real time space weather observations Tuesday, with NOAA technicians troubleshooting unavailable solar wind and satellite data.
According to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, Real Time Solar Wind sources and some observations from the GOES 18 and GOES 19 satellites were unavailable Tuesday morning, Sept. 22.
The agency's public notice, updated at 8:40 a.m. Mountain time, said some GOES 19 data appeared to have returned. However, GOES 18 observations remained unavailable, along with Real Time Solar Wind sources.
NOAA did not immediately provide a cause for the disruption or an estimated time for full restoration in the notice.
Real time solar wind measurements and GOES satellite observations are among the data sources used by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center to monitor conditions in space and provide information about potential space weather events.
Such monitoring can help forecasters track solar activity and conditions that may affect technological systems. Tuesday's notice specifically concerned the availability of observational data and did not itself announce a new solar storm or other hazardous space weather event.
Troubleshooting was continuing as NOAA worked to restore the affected sources.
The Space Weather Prediction Center, based in Boulder, Colorado, provides space weather forecasts, watches, warnings and other information for users across the United States and beyond.
People who rely on current space weather information should monitor NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center for updated data availability and any subsequent notices as systems return to service.