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  2. Deep Space Climate Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR; formerly known as Triana, unofficially known as GoreSat [3]) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather, space climate, and Earth observation satellite. It was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle on 11 February 2015, from Cape Canaveral. [4]

  3. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - Wikipedia

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    The launch of GOES-N, which was renamed GOES-13 after attaining orbit. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service division, supports weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research.

  4. GOES-18 - Wikipedia

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    On May 11, 2022, NOAA shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from its GOES-18 satellite. The satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument captured views of Earth. The ABI views Earth with sixteen different channels, each measuring energy at different wavelengths along the electromagnetic spectrum to obtain information about ...

  5. List of NOAA satellites - Wikipedia

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    noaa-a: noaa-1: 1970 poes: 3rd gen poes: noaa-b: noaa-2: 1972 poes: 3rd gen poes: noaa-c: noaa-3: 1973 poes: 3rd gen poes: noaa-d: noaa-4: 1974 poes: 3rd gen poes: noaa-e: noaa-5: 1976 goes: sms derived: goes-a: goes-1: 1975 goes: sms derived: goes-b: goes-2: 1977 goes: sms derived: goes-c: goes-3: 1978 poes: 4th gen poes: n/a: noaa-6: 1979 ...

  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Wikipedia

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    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA / ˈ n oʊ. ə / NOH-ə) is an American scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

  7. Surface Water and Ocean Topography - Wikipedia

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    The satellite will fly two radar antennas at either end of a 10 m (33 ft) mast, allowing it to measure the elevation of the surface across a 120 km (75 mi) wide swath. The new radar system is smaller than, but similar to, the one that flew on NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), which made high-resolution measurements of Earth's land ...

  8. GOES-16 - Wikipedia

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    GOES-16's design and instrumentation began in 1999 and was intended to fill key NOAA satellite requirements published that year. Following nearly a decade of instrument planning, spacecraft fabrication was contracted to Lockheed Martin Space Systems in 2008; construction of GOES-16 began in 2012 and lasted until 2014 when the satellite entered ...

  9. National Weather Service - Wikipedia

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    The NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) is a satellite data collection and dissemination system operated by the National Weather Service, which was established in October 2000. Its purpose is to provide state and federal government, commercial users, media and private citizens with timely delivery of meteorological, hydrological, climatological ...