Satellites and Technology
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Why Do Satellites Have Different Orbits?
Learn about the difference between a geosynchronous and polar orbit.
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What is NOAA?
Learn about NOAA!
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Video: Meet JPSS
Learn all about JPSS in this video!
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Video: Meet COSMIC-2
Learn more about this team of six small satellites that will collect information about Earth’s weather and climate.
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Video: How a Weather Satellite Is Launched
Follow a GOES-R series weather satellite to launch.
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How Do Clouds Affect Solar Energy?
Do clouds affect the creation of energy by solar panels? Yes.
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How Do Weather Satellites Take Pictures of Earth?
A few bits of information can be combined to create important new information.
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How do weather satellites help airplanes?
Satellites in the GOES-R series have a very wide view of the world.
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Meet COSMIC-2
Learn more about this team of six small satellites that will collect information about Earth’s weather and climate.
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How Can Satellites Help With Farming?
NOAA satellites help to put food on the table!
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Satellite Controller
Read about Tom Boyd and how he controls weather satellites.
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Video: Why Don't Satellites Fall out of the Sky?
How do they all stay up there?
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How do satellites help save lives?
Find out in this edition of Wild Weather Jobs.
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NASA Research Pilot
Learn how airplane pilots can help in testing new weather satellites!
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Seeing a Solar Eclipse From Space
What do satellites see during a solar eclipse?
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Hi, I'm JPSS!
I’m a high-tech weather satellite that orbits our planet.
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Algorithm Engineer
Using computer algorithms to develop weather satellite products
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Satellite Liaison
Jorel Torres helps weather researchers and weather forecasters work together to understand information from satellites.
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Mission Manager
Diana Calero gets to launch weather satellites into orbit!
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Systems Engineer
Levi Smith tests new satellites to make sure they're ready for launch
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Watching Forests from Space
An instrument aboard the JPSS-1 satellite will help scientists monitor trees and crops
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Meet a GOES-R Series Weather Satellite
A series of new, high-tech satellites that will be orbiting 22,000 miles above Earth
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Video: Meet a GOES-R Series Weather Satellite
Learn all about the GOES-R series of weather satellites in this video!