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Satellite Snapshots
Looking at Earth in a Different Light
Happy Earth Day! The Earth appears to the human eye as a “pale blue dot” from space, but that is due to the way that our eyes and…
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Feature Story
NOAA Satellites Make Ongoing Contributions to Assessments of the Global Agricultural Production
In “NOAA Satellite Data Aids the Nation's Agricultural Forecasts,” we highlighted the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility and…
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Feature Story
Coming This Fall to an Orbit Near You: GOES-R
The GOES-R satellite is set to launch on November 4, 2016. GOES-R, or GOES-16 as it will be known once operational.
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Feature Story
GOES-R Rehearsals: Preparing to Deploy
The GOES-R team has begun a series of important rehearsals to ensure its personnel are prepared for every facet of the…
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Announcement
NOAA Report to Congress on Commercial Weather Data Pilot
We posted a report on how NOAA plans to execute the Commercial Weather Data Pilot (CWDP) program.
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Feature Story
NOAA Satellite Data Aids the Nation’s Agricultural Forecasts
It’s no secret that NOAA satellites play a vital role in generating weather forecasts, but did you know that they’re just as…
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Satellite Snapshots
The Aral Sea
The Aral Sea, split between Uzbekistan to the south and Kazakhstan to the north, used to be one of the largest lakes in the world. Now…
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Feature Story
Celebrating the World’s First Meteorological Satellite: TIROS-1
April 1, 1960, NASA launched the Television Infra-Red Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), the world’s first successful weather satellite.
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