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Image of the Space Weather Solar Coronagraphs (SwSCOR) instrument
Courtesy of SwRI
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NASA awarded SwRI a $60 million contract to develop, build and test three Space Weather Solar Coronagraphs for NOAA. The novel SwSCOR instrument has a three-stage lens system mounted behind a single-pylon external occulter to minimize distortion as it detects and characterizes coronal mass ejections.