The Combined Space Operations (CSpO) Initiative Principals’ Board convened in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where senior representatives from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the UK and USA, addressed the rapidly evolving security dynamics of the space domain.
A spike in atmospheric radiation from a major solar flare in November 2025 was picked up by a global network of soil moisture sensors and a new rapid-response research project led by the University of Surrey will now analyse the data, offering fresh insight into how the impact of solar radiation storms varies across the Earth’s surface.