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Welcome DSCOVR, Very quiet Sun

Welcome DSCOVR! Yesterday at 16:00 UTC, the NOAA SWPC switched from the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) to the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) as the primary source of real time solar wind data. Congratulations to the NOAA SWPC for the successful switch over to their first deep space weather satellite.

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