GOES-16 can also train its instruments on outer space. Here, it views the moon from the surface of Earth. The satellite will use the moon to calibrate its instruments. NOAA/NASA This 16-panel image ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Say hello to the Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1), a new satellite that does everything ...

A new weather satellite is on its way into space, but it's unlike any of the weather satellites we have right now. Launched over the weekend by NASA and NOAA, the Geostationary Operational ...

LOS ANGELES — A cooling problem with a key instrument on a weather satellite launched less than three months ago could degrade its performance for at least part of each day, with potential but still ...

A conceptional drawing of the Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) satellite. (Ball Aerospace) The Space Force said Thursday its newest weather satellite is now operational and will soon be ...

The USA's newest weather satellite — GOES-16 — has sent back its first images of our planet, federal scientists announced Monday. The photos are of weather and the Earth in high detail — at four times ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A powerful new weather satellite launched today (March 1) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...

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 ...

This week, a super typhoon named Soudelor marched massively, ominously across the western Pacific before stomping over Taiwan and stumbling into coastal China. The loop above lets you see it the day ...

It doesn’t matter where you get your weather forecast. With the newest weather satellite in orbit, prediction models will probably improve overnight. The GOES-R satellite was launched from Cape ...

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