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![Indonesia Under Heavy Rainfall, Prompting Some Evacuations](/s3/migrated/iod-1-9-20.jpg)
On Jan. 9, 2020 at 12:00 UTC, the Himawari-8 satellite captured an image of Indonesia, which is currently experiencing heavy…
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![Tropical Storm Elsa Sets Records for 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season](/s3/2021-07/202107021401-202107021759_g16_meso_band12%20glm_hurricaneelsa.gif)
Tropical Storm Elsa, which formed on July 1, became the earliest-forming fifth named storm on record over the Atlantic Ocean.
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![Earth from Orbit: Texas Dry Line Drives Storms](/s3/2021-06/Texas_dry_line_still_graphic_0.jpeg)
Severe thunderstorms struck Texas. The storms formed along a dry line—a boundary between moist and dry air. The storms…
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![NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA GeoXO Spacecraft Phase A Study](/s3/2022-08/GeoXO_constellation-7-22.jpg)
NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA GeoXO Spacecraft Phase A Study
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![NOAA’s GeoXO Program Approved](/s3/2022-12/geoxo-small-logo.png)
The Department of Commerce has formally approved NOAA’s next-generation geostationary satellite program, Geostationary…
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Jun 25 2024
June 25, 24
NOAA’s GOES-U is the fourth and final satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)
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![2023 Satellite Imagery: A Year in Review](/s3/2024-01/2024_01_05_2023_A_Year_In_Review.png)
NOAA satellites see our planet from a unique and captivating perspective.
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![Geostationary Satellites](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
GOES SERIES MISSION NOAA’s most sophisticated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), known as the GOES-R…
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![Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO)](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
NOAA’s Mission GeoXO will watch over the Western Hemisphere as part of a NOAA observing system that provides world-class…
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Mar 1 2022
March 1, 22
NOAA’s GOES-T is set for liftoff on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch…
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![GOES-U Mission Overview](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
General overview of GOES-U's satellite mission as well as instruments, benefits, and more.
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![Earth from Orbit: La Soufrière Erupts](/s3/2021-06/2021_04_15_LaSoufriereErupts_Still.png)
On the morning of April 9, 2021, La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent began erupting, spewing ash…
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![Earth from Orbit: Catching Bolides](/s3/2022-01/2022_01_13_CatchingBolides_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
On Jan. 1, 2022, just before 11:30 am local time, there were numerous citizen and media reports (as well as many emergency…
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![GOES 101](/s3/migrated/goes-r_main_earth_reflection_panel_0.jpg)
This is an introduction to NOAA's GOES-R Series Satellites - including GOES-R GOES-16 GOES East and GOES-S GOES-17 GOES…