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DASH/IHDEA 2026

4–9 Oct 2026
Europe/Dublin timezone

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I-ALiRT Cloud Architecture and International Ground Station Integration

6 Oct 2026, 16:00
1h 30m
Poster Science and Mission Planning Tools for Space Weather and Human Exploration Poster Session

Speaker

Laura Sandoval (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, CU Boulder)

Description

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission includes the Active Link for Real-Time (I-ALiRT) system to measure Space Weather phenomena. IMAP I-ALiRT continually broadcasts data 24/7 from the IMAP observatory in orbit about the L1 Sun-Earth Lagrange point, facilitated by NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) of ground stations as well as antenna partners across the globe. The IMAP Science Operations Center (SOC) at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) receives I-ALiRT raw data from ground stations and implements a real-time, low-latency processing pipeline. I-ALiRT utilizes AWS cloud resources to facilitate efficient data ingest and processing. Launch for the IMAP mission was September 24, 2025. Data became public on Feb 1, 2026.

Author

Laura Sandoval (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, CU Boulder)

Co-authors

Arik Posner (NASA Headquarters) Bradley Williams (NASA Headquarters) Christina O. Lee (University of California, Berkeley) Dan Matlin (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory) David Gathright (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, CU Boulder) David J. McComas Doug Lindholm (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, CU Boulder) Eric Christian (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Jenny Knuth (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, CU Boulder) Melissa Mantey (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, CU Boulder)

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