Satellite Snapshots
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this image of burn scars from the massive Thomas Fire that has been raging in…
Satellite Snapshots
The official start of astronomical winter, the winter solstice, occurred at 11:28 a.m. Eastern Time this morning, marking the…
Satellite Snapshots
El Nino is part of a global climate cycle that typically occurs every 2 to 5 years, and is associated with warmer than normal…
Satellite Snapshots
The NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sent back its first day-night band images…
Satellite Snapshots
Twenty-five days after JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) was launched into Earth orbit, the satellite sent back its first Visible Infrared Imagery.
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In 2017, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with the support of their partners at The National Aeronautics and Space…
Satellite Snapshots
The Suomi-NPP satellite captured this image of smoke from California's wildfires being drawn northward into an approaching storm system.
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NOAA’s GOES-S, the second in a series of next-generation satellites, headed south for the winter this week as it readies for launch.