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A powerful SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket boosted a hurricane-hunting GOES weather satellite into orbit Tuesday, the final member of a four-satellite fleet at the heart of an $11 billion upgrade to the ...

According to NASA, the first weather satellite to reach orbit was Vanguard 2 in 1959. Complications rose with this satellite and unfortunately the data was unusable. The following year, T.I.R.O.S.-1 ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit. The growth in the population of satellites ...

Lockheed Martin render of NOAA's next-generation Geostationary Extended Observations weather satellite constellation. DENVER — The White House’s budget proposal for the National Oceanic and ...

NOAA's next-gen weather satellite is set to lift off this afternoon (June 25), weather permitting. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

A powerful new European weather orbiter’s cameras capture lightning in near real-time at day or night across a large swath of the world’s surface. By Nicholas Bakalar Lightning comes and goes in ...

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, weather has been a passion for Adam for as long as he can remember! Whether it was thunderstorms or winter storms, Adam has always been geeking out. After ...

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The United States filled a crucial gap in its weather-forecasting arsenal when it launched its latest geostationary satellite on March 1. The craft will enable meteorologists to track hurricanes, snow ...

Satellite data from NOAA's GOES-U and its sibling satellites will revolutionize how we monitor our planet and beyond. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

With Florida already into hurricane season, a weather satellite that will give scientists a new set of eyes on developing storms is set to liftoff Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center. NOAA's GOES-U ...