Lynker Space has unveiled a new capability designed to predict and mitigate the impact of space weather threats on critical assets, services and industries and appointed Scott McIntosh, a more than 25-year solar and astrophysicist, as vice president of space operations.
The space weather dashboard provider announced the launch of the new service and appointment in a news release published on July 2.
“We’ve developed this new service by really focusing on delivering actionable forecasts of space weather and its impacts on a particular industry or asset. Scott McIntosh is one of the world’s renowned space weather experts and the ideal person to spearhead this effort,” said Lynker Space Founder and CEO Joe Linza.
The company used solar data dating back more than two centuries and spent over a decade researching, developing and validating the new space weather forecasting service.
McIntosh most recently served as deputy director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
He oversees the White House Space Weather Advisory Group’s research arm and has written or co-authored over 160 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including a study that predicted Solar Cycle 25.
“The most extreme geomagnetic storms and stunning auroras get all the headlines. However, the truth is that between solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and the relentless solar wind, space weather presents a perpetual threat,” McIntosh said.
“We now have the technology to provide high-precision forecasts out to the decadal scale, and to translate them for use in both daily operations and strategic planning to mitigate impacts and ensure the reliability of essential technologies and infrastructure,” he added.
