SpaceX launches Inmarsat communications satellite
SpaceX on Monday launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat, marking its first launch for the London-based mobile broadband company.
Space Exploration
May 16, 2017
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NASA satellites see Tropical Storm Frank powering back up near Mexico
Tropical Storm Frank was wavering overnight in the eastern Pacific Ocean, just off the southwest Mexican coast, and recent satellite data has confirmed that convection has strengthened within the storm. GOES-11 captured an ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2010
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GOES-13 satellite catches Alex as a tropical storm now, after a landfall in northeastern Mexico
Alex made landfall at 10 p.m. EDT in northeastern Mexico, about 110 miles south of Brownsville, Texas. By 8 a.m. EDT on July 1, Alex has weakened to a tropical storm and GOES satellite imagery showed it moving near the high ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 1, 2010
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Is the future of hurricane forecasting in danger?
Hurricane forecasting depends heavily on government-funded satellites, allowing the communities in their path to prepare and evacuate. Those satellites, monitored and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2017
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GOES-13's wide view of Atlantic's Tropical Storm Lisa and low, Pacific's Georgette
The GOES-13 satellite may be stationed in orbit over the eastern U.S., but it has a wide field of view from the eastern Atlantic to the eastern Pacific, and today it captured three tropical cyclones in one image.
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2010
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Hurricane watches up in Canada as the GOES-13 Satellite sees Hurricane Igor still expanding
Hurricane Igor may be changing into an extra tropical storm and losing his warm core of energy, but he hasn't lost his punch as hurricane watches are up today in eastern Canada. The GOES-13 satellite captured a look at Hurricane ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2010
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Two GOES-R instruments complete spacecraft integration
Two of the six instruments that will fly on NOAA's first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - R (GOES-R) satellite have completed integration with the spacecraft. The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) and Extreme ...
Space Exploration
May 29, 2014
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NASA satellites see Hurricane Celia strengthen and open an eye
Hurricane Celia dropped to a Category One hurricane during the late afternoon hours on June 22, and today, June 23 by 11 a.m. EDT, it had powered back up to a Category Two hurricane in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Satellite ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2010
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GOES-13 captures 2 major hurricanes: Darby trailing Celia
There are now two major hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and they appear to be chasing each other in imagery from the GOES-13 satellite. Hurricane Celia is a Category Five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, and ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2010
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NASA, SpaceX launch NOAA's latest weather satellite
NASA successfully launched the fourth and final satellite in a series of advanced weather satellites for NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at 5:26 p.m. EDT Tuesday. The GOES-U (Geostationary Operational ...
Planetary Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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