Wednesday, October 1, 2014

NOAA retires NOAA-16 polar satellite after historic run

NOAA retires NOAA-16 polar satellite after historic run
WASHINGTON, DC (NOAA) – After more than 13 years of helping predict weather and climate patterns and save lives in search and rescue operations, NOAA announced Monday, June 9, 2014 it has turned off the NOAA-16 Polar-Orbiting Environmental ...
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Next-Gen NOAA Satellite One Step Closer to Launch // June 13, 2014
The satellite itself is scheduled to launch in early 2017, and will fill a critical need for NOAA as its aging crop of polar-orbiting environmental satellites are at the end of their life expectancies. OMPS' timely maturation, as well as a recent ...
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NASA, NOAA satellites analyze Category 4 Hurricane Cristina
A fleet of satellites from NASA and NOAA are on the job monitoring the first major hurricane of the Eastern Pacific Ocean Season as Hurricane Cristina has reached Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This morning, June 12, at 1200 UTC (8 a.m. ...
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