{"689465":{"#nid":"689465","#data":{"type":"event","title":"FulminoSat: Using Lightning to Measure the Ionosphere with a Georgia Tech CubeSat Constellation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe modern world is becoming ever more dependent on space technologies. Solar storms pose radiation hazards to spacecraft and astronauts, upper atmospheric anomalies introduce drag that can prematurely de-orbit satellites, and disturbances in the ionospheric plasma distort or block communications and GPS signals. We are moving in the direction that space weather may someday be discussed in the same manner that severe weather is today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECome and learn about a distributed CubeSat constellation concept that Georgia Tech is developing to map space weather effects on the ionosphere and their impacts on space-enabled technologies using natural signals of opportunity from lightning. This workshop will feature speakers from multiple GTRI laboratories and GT schools discussing the technologies and capabilities that Georgia Tech has available to provide important ionospheric measurements for \u201cspace weather meteorologists\u201d that will also enable future improvements in forecast models.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELunch provided\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EAgenda\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003E12-12:30p \u2013 lunch + meet and greet\u003Cbr\u003E12:30p-2p \u2013 workshop\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003ELearn how Georgia Tech researchers are leveraging lightning and CubeSat technology to study space weather and its impacts on critical space\u2011enabled systems.\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Learn how Georgia Tech researchers are leveraging lightning and CubeSat technology to study space weather and its impacts on critical space\u2011enabled systems."}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2026-04-03 22:35:47","changed_gmt":"2026-04-03 22:38:11","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-04-27T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-04-27T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-04-27T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-04-27 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-04-27 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-04-27 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"EBB CHOA","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"660370","name":"Space"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"194682","name":"Workshop"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"194945","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pmardhanan3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPunya Mardhanan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}