A new international aviation space weather service has begun providing real-time space weather information for commercial and general aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) says.
In a statement issued earlier this week, ICAO said that the service, which began Nov. 7, is disseminating information gathered through existing space weather centers and two new regional space weather detection services expected to be established within three years. All of the centers will focus on solar events that can affect radiation levels in civilian aircraft as well as high frequency communications and navigation and surveillance services that rely on the Global Navigation Satellite System, ICAO said.
The existing centers include the ACFJ consortium of Australia, Canada, France and Japan; the PECASUS consortium of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Nether…
