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NOAA and NASA are now targeting November 1, 2022, as the new launch date for NOAA’s JPSS-2…
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The Goddard Magnetometer (GMAG) instrument, launched aboard the GOES-18 satellite on March 1, 2022…
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The Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-18 satellite is now…
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With the upcoming launch of NOAA’s new GOES-T satellite, staff at ground stations like Wallops are…
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News & Announcements
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Last year, NOAA satellites helped rescue 330 people from potentially life-threatening situations…
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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, located in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga, has erupted three times…
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NOAA’s Earth-observing data plays an integral role in our everyday lives. However, there is still…
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On Jan. 13, 2022, NOAA’s GOES West satellite captured another explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga…
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On Jan. 1, 2022, just before 11:30 am local time, there were numerous citizen and media reports (as…
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The Himawari-8 satellite, operated by our partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency, has been…
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On Dec. 12, NOAA’s GOES East satellite had its eye on snow laying across northern Iowa, Minnesota,…
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The Atlantic Basin had another busy hurricane season this year, which officially wrapped up on…