Yup, Earth is still there: GOES-18 goes online, sends 1st image of planet
"Hello, world!"
Space Exploration
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MTG-I weather satellite passes tests in preparation for liftoff
With extreme weather events threatening to be more frequent and more severe as the climate crisis takes grip, it's never been more important to have fast and accurate forecasts. ESA and Eumetsat are working hard to ensure ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 23, 2022
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Suomi NPP satellite captures 63 mile smoke trail from bush fire
NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the Bush Fire on June 22, 2020 showing clouds of smoke pouring off the Bush Fire that is plaguing Arizona. Overnight (to the 23rd) the fire grew to 186,848 acres, growing ...
Environment
Jun 23, 2020
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Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecasts
Every minute counts when it comes to predicting severe weather. Combing data from cutting-edge geostationary satellites and traditional weather radar created a path toward earlier, more accurate warnings, according to Penn ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 11, 2019
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Southern California's Getty fire continues to burn
NASA's Terra satellite using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard captured this image of the Getty fire shortly after it began in the early morning hours of Oct. 28, 2019. Dubbed the ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2019
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Satellites more at risk from fast solar wind than a major space storm
Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space Weather.
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2018
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GeoCarb—a new view of carbon over the Americas
A new NASA Earth science mission in the early stages of design may achieve a transformational advance in our understanding of the global carbon cycle by mapping concentrations of key carbon gases from a new vantage point: ...
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2018
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GOES-S and GOES-T satellites coming together
Progress continues on the development of NOAA's GOES-S and GOES-T spacecraft that will follow the successful launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite or GOES-R, renamed GOES-16 upon reaching geostationary ...
Space Exploration
Aug 3, 2017
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GOES-R heads to orbit, will improve weather forecasting
GOES-R, the first of NOAA's highly advanced geostationary weather satellites, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:42 p.m. EST today. The satellite will boost the nation's weather observation network and NOAA's prediction ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2016
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First Philippine microsatellite DIWATA-1 successfully captures images in initial testing phase
The microsatellite was developed by Tohoku University, Hokkaido University, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Republic of the Philippines and the University of the Philippines Diliman under the DOST-funded ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2016
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