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SWFO-L1 will transmit data to Earth continuously in real-time, protecting vital infrastructure, economic interests, and national security.
Fall 2025 NOAA's SWFO-L1 Launch
NOAA celebrates 50 years of its heralded Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program.
Fifty Years! 50 Years of GOES
Feature Stories
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NOAA is working on its next generation series of advanced geostationary satellites—the…
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Meet Olaf McCreary, a satellite engineer at NOAA’s Office of Low Earth Orbit Observations.
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NOAA's new GOES-U satellite will be carrying a new instrument—the nation’s first operational…
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On July 7, 2024, NOAA's GOES-U satellite reached geostationary orbit above Earth's…
Data & New Technology
Data Purchases
NOAA is taking concrete steps to support the development of commercial markets for space-based weather data.
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Data Collections
NOAA collects the most up-to-date data about the atmosphere, land, and oceans.
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Pathfinder Initiative
Help develop studies for future applications of mission data products.
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News & Announcements
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NOAA satellites are monitoring more than 400 fires currently burning across Canada after unusually…
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As Typhoon Mawar (also called Betty in the Philippines) has been making its way across the North…
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This Report celebrates and shares the science output of NESDIS. It showcases the breadth, relevance…
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On May 14, 2023, Japan’s Himawari-9 satellite tracked Tropical Cyclone Mocha as the powerful storm…
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Today, NOAA awarded the Geostationary Ground Sustainment Services (GGSS) contract to L3Harris…
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Although wildfire season in Canada usually begins in early May, when the snow begins to melt and…
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For decades, researchers, scientists and meteorologists have relied on passive microwave sensors to…