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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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Feature Story
Environmental Intelligence: Sensing Danger from Orbit. Part One: Worldwide Situational Awareness
NOAA satellites provide data that Americans use daily. Maintaining this “environmental intelligence” is critical to U.S. Armed Forces operations. As Space Force General David Thompson testified before the Senate Aviation and Space Subcommittee in…
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Satellite Snapshots
GOES East Tracks Wildfires in Minnesota
NOAA satellites have been monitoring several large wildfires in Minnesota.
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Earth from Orbit
NOAA Satellites Track Large New Jersey Wildfire
NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring the Jones Road Fire, which erupted on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in a region of eastern New Jersey known as the Pine Barrens. Fueled by strong, gusty winds, low humidity, and dry undergrowth, the blaze has…
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Auroras: Nature’s Light Show Captured From Low Earth Orbit
The JPSS VIIRS Day/Night Band, with its low-light sensitivity, captures auroras and shows how solar particles interact with Earth’s atmosphere.
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Earth from Orbit
Happy Earth Day from NOAA Satellites
NOAA satellites have been monitoring Earth’s weather and environment since 1970, which also happened to be the year the first official Earth Day took place!
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Satellite Snapshots
NOAA Satellites Capture Heavy Sediment Runoff Due to Mississippi River Flooding
NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites captured striking imagery of sediment runoff due to flooding in the Mississippi River delta from April 8–13, 2025.
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Satellite Snapshots
NOAA Satellites Help Show Historic Flooding Along Ohio River
NOAA's JPSS Program satellites captured flooding along the Ohio River on April 7, 2025.
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