A publication that highlights the broad applications and benefits of low earth orbit observations.
2025 Science Digest LEO Science Digest
SWFO-L1 will transmit data to Earth continuously in real-time, protecting vital infrastructure, economic interests, and national security.
Monitoring the sun NOAA's SWFO-L1
NOAA celebrates 50 years of its heralded Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program.
Fifty Years! 50 Years of GOES
Feature Stories
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Feature Story
NOAA contributes 90% of the weather information used by the defense and intelligence communities.… -
Feature Story
NOAA satellites provide data that Americans use daily. Maintaining this “environmental intelligence… -
Feature Story
The JPSS VIIRS Day/Night Band, with its low-light sensitivity, captures auroras and shows how solar… -
Feature Story
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has released the results of the nation’s first…
Data & New Technology
Commercial Data Program
NESDIS assesses and acquires space-based observational weather data from the private sector.
Improving weather forecasts Commercial Data Program
Data Collections
NOAA collects the most up-to-date data about the atmosphere, land, and oceans.
Learn about data information Data Collections
Joint Venture Partnerships
Leveraging new data sources and exploring new and innovative technologies.
Learn about the joint venture partnerships Joint Venture Partnerships
News & Announcements
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Announcement
NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for NOAA… -
Announcement
On Sept. 13, NOAA awarded Knowledge Mesh/Natural Language Processing (KM/NLP) contracts with a… -
Announcement
NASA, on behalf of NOAA, has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. to develop a lightning mapping… -
Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites have been closely tracking Tropical Storm Francine since it formed in the… -
Satellite Snapshots
On Sept. 4, 2024, the VIIRS instrument on board NOAA’s JPSS Program satellites captured this True… -
Announcement
The Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS) instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-19 satellite is now…