Bulletins

Bulletins are brief updates about SRS Open Science Platform components, such as tooling, datasets, and sensor networks. A bulletin can be about dataset releases, sensor deployments, releases of new skymaps or other higher-level data products, just to name a few. Below is a searchable keyword-based list for all bulletins.

It is expected that this list will grow faster than the larger news articles, as they are more brief and rapid in nature. Note that we have created bulletins going back to June 2024, just to populate this with what has happened since then. This feature was released in February 2026.

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March 4, 2026Mar 4Publications database addedWebsite

We have added a new Publications page to this website, listing publications that are enabled by the SRS Open Science Platform.

We are continuing to add publications from the last 30+ years, so this list will grow over time. We plan to update the database at least once per year, around February-March, which lines up with our fiscal year end reporting time.

February 27, 2026Feb 27Automated data uploading enabled for AuroraXAuroraX

After a long wait since first launching the AuroraX platform, we have now been able to automated data uploading of ephemeris and data product data (horray! ). This means that the platform now supports exploring last night's ASI data in the Event Explorer and Keogramist.

For the conjunction search, the base statement is that any ASI data with ephemeris records means we have raw data available for use. We are working towards updating this logic to support generation of ephemeris records for when we know we will have raw data available for. Meaning it just hasn't been received from the remote sites and ingested, but it does exist. This next change will mean that conjunction searches will be possible for last night's data. We will post a bulletin when this is generally-available.

February 27, 2026Feb 27AuroraX database updated with latest dataAuroraX

The AuroraX database has been updated with the latest data, supporting Conjunction Search, the Event Explorer, and Keogramist. Explore the platform's complete data availability here.

A reminder that ephemeris data for all-sky imager systems is currently only uploaded when the raw data is returned from the remote sites. We are working to improve this to better match Swarm-Aurora's availability for finding recent conjunctions (as data ingestion usually sees a 3-4 months lag).

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THEMIS ASI data from 2022-01-01 to present does not include ML-derived metadata for the cloud and amorphous pulsating aurora models. We are working to get the models into production so that this data can be backfilled. A future bulletin will provide an update when this has been completed.

February 24, 2026Feb 24EZIE added to Swarm-Aurora and AuroraXAuroraXSwarm-Aurora

The EZIE spacecrafts have been added to Swarm-Aurora and AuroraX.

February 20, 2026Feb 20New Learning Paths page addedWebsite

We have added a new Learning Paths page to help new users get up to speed with our data and tooling. The page provides guided, step-by-step crib sheet sequences for both optical and RF instrument data. The page can be found in the Data section, under Learning Paths.

February 17, 2026Feb 17New Explore Observatories page addedWebsite

We have added a new page to this website for quickly seeing information about the observatories for each sensor array. The page can be found in the Data section, under Explore Observatories.

February 12, 2026Feb 12New Explore Datasets webpage page addedWebsite

We have added a new page to this website enabling faster exploring of the available datasets part of our API and Python+IDL tooling. The page can be found in the Data section, under Explore Datasets.

February 12, 2026Feb 12New skymaps released for several sitesOptical instrumentSkymapsSMILE ASI3+ more

New skymaps have been released for the recently deployed instruments at Fort Smith (SMILE ASI, TREx NIR, TREx Blueline), the SMILE ASI at Rabbit Lake, and the TREx RGB in Pinawa.

February 10, 2026Feb 10Software releases: IDL-AuroraX v1.9.1, IDL-UCRio v1.1.0IDL-AuroraXIDL-UCRioOptical instrument2+ more

IDL-AuroraX v1.9.1

• bugfix for AACGM setup
• added several new crib sheets

IDL-UCRio v1.1.0

• improvements to AACGM initialization (primarily for installations not using ipm)
• added support for using with a proxy connection
• converted all functions and procedures which interact with our API and data archive to use a standardized HTTP request helper function

February 6, 2026Feb 6New instruments deployed to Fort SmithDeploymentOptical instrumentSMILE ASI2+ more

Three new instruments have been deployed to Fort Smith and are now operational: SMILE ASI, TREx NIR, and TREx Blueline. The Data Portal and Swarm-Aurora has been updated to include their summary data.

The THEMIS ASI, TREx RGB, TREx GNSS, and riometer systems all received repairs to bring them back online.

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