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Happy #406Day18 - SARSAT Beacon Awareness Day
April 6, 2018 is #406Day18! We are raising awareness about the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System (SARSAT) which…
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Powerful Atmospheric River Drenches Northern California
Another powerful atmospheric river event is bringing heavy rain to the West Coast this week. The National Weather Service has issued…
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Clear Skies Over Greece and the Aegean Sea
The Suomi NPP satellite captured this textbook imagery of Greece and the numerous islands dotting the Aegean Sea on April 3, 2018, as…
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NOAA GOES-17 Sends 'First Light' Image to Earth
We have received the 'first-light' from our recently launched NOAA GOES-17 satellite! On March 22, 2018, the GOES-17…
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Dust Storm Over the Red Sea
A thick plume of Saharan dust swirls over the Red Sea in this image captured by the Suomi NPP satellite’s VIIRS instrument on April 1,…
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NOAA-20 Captures Nighttime Imagery of Storms in the South
The NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite captured this moonlit nighttime imagery of severe thunderstorms moving over the Southern U.S. on…
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NOAA Satellites
NOAA operates three types of satellite systems for the United States. Our polar orbiting satellites, geostationary satellites and deep space…
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NOAA Satellite Operations (Video)
NOAA's satellites provide the bulk of the information for generating weather models, advisories, and warnings to the nation and world. Maintaining…
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