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Morning shift satellite controllers at NOAA’s Satellite Operations Facility review satellite data visualizations that help Americans plan their workday. This includes anything from avoiding severe storms to managing outdoor operations like farming, construction, and travel. Supporting the GOES mission, these technicians observe weather conditions across both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres to keep the nation informed.
Labor Day Tribute
The Shift Begins Before Sunrise and Continues After Sunset: How NOAA Satellite Operators and Engineers Keep America Safe, Every Day of the Year
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The SWFO-L1 satellite leaving Colorado on a truck trailer.
NOAA’s Space Weather Observatory, SWFO-L1, Arrives in Florida for Final Launch Preparations
NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On - Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory, the first NOAA satellite fully dedicated to continuous, operational space weather observations, has arrived in Florida in preparation for its Fall 2025 launch.
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The orange and yellow sun seen from space.
25th Anniversary of the Bastille Day Solar Event
On July 14, 2000, one of the most powerful solar events of the space age erupted from the sun, which became known as the Bastille Day Solar Event.
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People at the space weather prediction center viewing a television screen.
Artemis II Space Weather Exercise Prepares U.S. for Human Space Exploration
Human space exploration in the U.S. took another major step forward this spring in preparing for space weather risks.
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People digging in mud
Environmental Intelligence: Sensing Danger from Orbit. Part Two: Front Lines & High Seas
NOAA contributes 90% of the weather information used by the defense and intelligence communities. Satellites offer a view unrivaled by terrestrial technology.
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Earth seen from space with the aurora borealis in the background.
Nation's First Space Weather Simulation Exercise Examines U.S. Preparedness
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has released the results of the nation’s first end-to-end Space Weather (SWx) Tabletop Exercise (TTX), which was held on May 8-9, 2024. The After Action Report is now available to the public.
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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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Imagery of the Sun taken by the the CCOR-1 instrument.
NOAA’s Latest GOES Satellite Releases New Publicly Available Coronagraph Data
Near real-time preliminary data from NOAA’s first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the GOES-19 satellite, are now publicly accessible.