ASTRA Program Supports a More Resilient U.S. Power Grid
Not widely known by the public, space weather poses a significant threat to electrical grid health.
- Not widely known by the public, space weather poses a significant threat to electrical grid health.
- "The CHESS program is designed to change how we monitor, protect, and make decisions about the power grid we rely on in our daily lives," says Bill Baker, ASTRA Senior Vice President of Data Solutions.
- CHESS provides expertise, tools, and information from the space weather, geoscience, power utility, and data science communities to support decisions related to space-weather threats to the nation's power grid.
- About ASTRA: Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA) was born from the vision to apply fundamental space physics knowledge to real-world problems.