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Eruption of Mount St. Helens
10 Memorable Images Captured by NOAA’s GOES Satellites
To mark 50 years of GOES in orbit, NOAA is looking back at ten notable events captured by these groundbreaking satellites.
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ABI imagery of flooding over texas seen from space.
NOAA Satellites Inform Warning for the Texas Hill Country Floods
In the early hours of July 4, 2025 a devastating flash flood occurred in the Central Texas Hill Country. The Guadalupe River in Kerr County rose over twenty feet in just a few hours, and more than a hundred people lost their lives and thousands of…
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Hurricane Patricia seen over the earth from space.
Record-breaking Hurricanes Tracked by NOAA Satellites
NOAA satellites have witnessed some pretty extreme events, from massive wildfires and explosive volcanic eruptions to a 515-mile-long lightning flash.
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Residential Neighborhood flooded because of Hurricane Katrina
Twenty Years After Katrina: NOAA Satellite Advancements for Hurricane Forecasts and Tracking
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and coastal Mississippi. It was one of the deadliest hurricanes on record and remains the costliest hurricane in U.S. history.
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Earth as seen from space by the GOES-U/19 Satellite.
NOAA’s GOES-U Satellite: One Year Later
On June 25, 2024, GOES-U, the final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Hurricane Irma seen from the sky.
50 Years of Monitoring the Stormy Seas: Hurricane Tracking with NOAA’s GOES Satellites
For 50 years , NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have kept a constant vigil over the Western Hemisphere.
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An X9 flare, which can be seen in the lower half of the sun, captured by GOES-19’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument on Oct. 3, 2024.
Five Historically Huge Solar Events
Here is a list of some of the most memorable solar events that have affected us here on Earth.
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An artist's rendering of a GOES and JPSS satellite orbiting Earth.
How NOAA Satellites Help Us Stay Ahead of Severe Weather Season
From their orbits, NOAA satellites can play a vital role in detecting and tracking severe weather, providing forecasters with critical data to predict and monitor life-threatening conditions.