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Spymesat, [16] by Orbit Logic, [17] a mobile app for iOS and Android, computes pass predictions for any selected location for available commercial and unclassified government high-resolution imaging satellites and provides real-time notifications and dynamic real-time imaging resolution and satellite position information and maps during ...
The first weather satellite to be considered a success was TIROS-1, launched by NASA on April 1, 1960. [5] TIROS operated for 78 days and proved to be much more successful than Vanguard 2. Other early weather satellite programs include the 1962 Defense Satellite Applications Program (DSAP) [6] and the 1964 Soviet Meteor series.
Metop-B was declared fully operational and pronounced to replace Metop-A as "EUMETSAT's prime operational SSO weather satellite" in April 2013. [9] Metop-C was scheduled for launch towards the end of 2016, [10] which was postponed until 2017 [11] and was launched successfully on 7 November 2018.
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Series 3 satellites are Sun-synchronous and series 2 and 4 satellites are geosynchronous. Formosat-5: Active Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO) 2017 Gaofen-2: Active CNSA: 2014 Gaofen-3: Active CNSA: 2016 GOES-16 and 17: Active NASA 2016 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. Collects weather observations. See also: List ...
The storm is forecast to deliver 10 to 20 inches of rain, with isolated areas receiving up to 30 inches. ... Texas weather watches and warnings Stay informed: Get weather alerts via text
A satellite in a geostationary orbit appears stationary, always at the same point in the sky, to ground observers. Popularly or loosely, the term "geosynchronous" may be used to mean geostationary. [1] Specifically, geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) may be a synonym for geosynchronous equatorial orbit, [2] or geostationary Earth orbit. [3]
According to the respective National Weather Service offices, as of Wednesday morning, forecasts indicate cloudy weather in Austin-San Antonio and Dallas-Fort Worth — the regions in Texas where ...