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Thirty years ago this week, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in South Miami-Dade County (then known as Dade County) on August 24, 1992.
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Watch as the logos of JPSS2, LOFTID, NOAA, and NASA get hand painted on the Atlas rocket fairing.
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NOAA’s JPSS-2 Environmental Satellite Arrives at Launch Site
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Hurricane Andrew was the strongest and most devastating hurricane on record to hit southern Florida. When it made landfall, Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph and a minimum central pressure of 922 millibars.
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Rocket Arrives in California for NASA Launch of Polar-Orbiting Satellite
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Lightning is a major public safety threat. It can strike at any time, but it is most common in the summer months.
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NOAA’s JPSS-2 satellite let out several loud pops as each of the five panels of its solar array detached from the body of the satellite on July 26th.
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The planned launch of Argos-4, an advanced satellite instrument that will track wildlife and collect environmental data, is two month away.