June 27, 2025
Name of product or service:
DMSP Space Weather products
Type of change:
Suspension of new DMSP space weather data to users
Description of change:
NOAA-hosted Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) data and products are being suspended no later than June 30, 2025. The Space Weather products include data from the following sensors:
SSJ: Auroral plasma electron and ion fluxes
SSM: 3D geomagnetic field vector
SSIES: Ionospheric electron and ion density, temperature and ion drift speed
OLS (VNIR/TIR): Visible near-infrared and longwave thermal imagery, including images of auroras near the poles
Data access to previously collected DMSP space weather data will continue to be available via: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/satellite/defense-meteorological-satellite-program.
SSJ: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/dmsp-j4-precipitating-electron-ion-spectrometer
SSM: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/dmsp-special-sensor-microwave-magnetometer,
SSIES: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/dmsp-ion-electron-scintillation
OLS: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/dmsp-operational-linescan-system
For additional information and operational updates, please visit https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/operations/messages.html
NOAA will stop distributing new DMSP data on or before 30 June 2025. Previously gathered data will continue to be available.