Weather Satellite
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Press Releases
Weather Forecasting Set to Enter a New Era With Launch of Next-generation Satellite
The launch of a highly advanced meteorological satellite from, Kourou, French Guiana, heralds the start of a new era for weather forecasting in Europe, EUMETSAT Director-General Phil Evans said. Décollage champ large, le 13/12/2022. | Wide view lift-off. 12/13/2022. “No European nation could afford to develop and operate such a system on its own. By combining the resources of our…
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NASA, ULA Successfully Launch Weather Satellite, Re-entry Tech Demo
NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency technology demonstration on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. In addition to the newest Joint Polar Satellite System or JPSS-2, also aboard…
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NASA, NOAA Invite Media to Polar Orbiting Weather Satellite Launch
NASA is accepting media requests for launch coverage of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite. This is the third satellite in the JPSS series, which will capture data to improve weather forecasts, helping scientists predict and prepare for extreme weather events and climate change. NASA and NOAA are targeting Nov. 1 for the…
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Ball Aerospace Ships Ozone Mapping Instrument for Weather Satellite
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ball Aerospace has shipped the Ozone Mapping Profile Suite (OMPS) instrument for integration onto NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) weather satellite. Ozone mapping instrument built by Ball Aerospace is shipped for integration onto weather satellite. “Ball has been a part of ozone measurements from space for more than 40 years, and we are excited now…
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NOAA Funds ASTRA Study to Define Future Weather Satellite Constellation
LOUISVILLE, Colo., June 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA), LLC a six-month contract to design a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) CubeSats able to meet the agency’s future global weather data requirements. On Jan. 4 a large presence of stratocumulus clouds was the central focus of camera lenses which remained aimed at…
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NASA Television Coverage Set for Weather Satellite Science Briefing, Launch
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) newest weather satellite, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), is scheduled to launch Thursday, March 1. The launch, as well as prelaunch and science briefings on Tuesday, Feb. 27, will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. At 5:02 p.m. March 1, a two-hour launch window will open, during which GOES-S will launch…
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