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![Earth from Orbit: NOAA Satellites Celebrate Earth Day](/s3/2022-04/2022_04_22_EarthDay_STILL_NO_TEXT_1.png)
Throughout history, humans have wondered what Earth looked like from above. The Mesopotamians believed the world was a flat…
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![Happy Earth Day 2023](/s3/2023-04/2023_04_20_Earth_Day_2023.png)
The first Earth Day took place in 1970, which also was the same year NOAA was established. Since then, NOAA satellites have…
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![Ten Years Later, Snowmageddon Records Still Stand](/s3/2021-06/Snowmageddon.png)
Tuesday, February 4, 2020Photo courtesy of the Sterling, Va., NWS Forecast OfficeTen years ago this week, the Eastern U.S.…
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Jun 22 2023
June 22, 23 - June 29, 23 | 01:00 PM - 15:00 PM
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Committee on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology is pleased to…
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![NOAA’s GOES-U Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing](/s3/2022-11/GOES-U%20TVAC-84_0.jpg)
NOAA's GOES-U satellite recently completed thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing as part of a rigorous assessment program to…
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![Record-Breaking Atlantic Hurricane Season Underway](/s3/migrated/hurricane2020RecordYear16x9-1000px.jpg)
NOAA satellites provide critical information for forecasting and tracking tropical storms and hurricanes Image Credit: Steve…
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![How to Drift a Satellite: What Happens when NOAA GOES-16 is Moved into Operational Position](/s3/migrated/goes16Operational.jpg)
NOAA GOES-16, the newest and most advanced geostationary weather satellite, will begin moving into its operational orbit…
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![NOAA’s GOES-T Reaches Geostationary Orbit, Now Designated GOES-18](/s3/2022-03/03_14_2022_GOESTLaunch_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
On March 14, 2022, GOES-T executed its final engine burn, placing the satellite in geostationary orbit 22,236 miles above…
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![How Scientists use Satellite Data to Forecast Wildfire Smoke](/s3/2021-09/news-115a.jpg)
By the time the U.S. Forest Service declared the Mendocino Complex Fire 100 percent contained on Sept.18, it had scorched…
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![NOAA Releases Updated 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook](/s3/2023-08/2023_08_10_Atlantic_HurricaneSeason_Outlook_Update.png)
Due to current ocean and atmospheric conditions, such as record-warm sea surface temperatures, NOAA’s Climate Prediction…
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![NOAA Prepares Forecasters for GOES-18 Data](/s3/2022-09/20220907-HURKay_G18.png)
NOAA prepares forecasters for early availability of GOES-18 data during the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
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![Earth from Orbit: 2022 Hurricane Season Begins](/s3/2022-06/2022_06_09_HuricaneSeasonBegins2022_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
The 2022 hurricane season is officially underway. The eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15.
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![Wildfires Erupt in the Pacific Northwest](/s3/2022-10/2022_10_21_Wildfires_Erupt_in_PNW.png)
A series of recent wildfires ignited or spread this past week as warm, dry, and windy conditions—a rarity for the rainy…
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Thursday, April 22, 2021NOAA’s Earth-observing satellites not only collect important environmental information from above,…