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The ESA Virtual Space Weather Modelling Centre (VSWMC) project was defined as a long-term initiative comprising successive parts. Parts 1 and 2 were completed in the first 4-5 years, and a system was designed and developed that enables models and other components to be installed locally or geographically distributed and to be coupled and run remotely from the central system. A first, limited version went operational in May 2019 under the H-ESC umbrella on the ESA SSA SWE Portal. It is similar to CCMC but interactive (no runs on demand), with models geographically distributed and coupled over the internet. In the ESA project "Virtual Space Weather Modelling Centre - Part 3" (2019-2022), building on the Part 2 prototype system and focusing on the interaction with the ESA SSA SWE system, 11 new models and many new model couplings have been integrated, including daily automated end-to-end (Sun to Earth) simulations, and the front-end GUI was upgraded, making the operational system more robust and user-friendly. In the current VSWPC-P4 project, the capabilities of the coupling framework are being expanded, additional solar and heliospheric models are being introduced, some of the already integrated models are being improved, and steps are being taken towards integrating the framework and its derived products into the ESA space weather portal. Are being completed.
The current state of the art of the VSWMC will be presented, and future plans will be discussed.
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