Satellite Snapshots
On Oct. 8, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. EDT, NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured this imagery of Hurricane Milton approaching the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Announcement
Restoration efforts are underway, some climate-related data products affected
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On Sept. 10, NOAA awarded a $1,092,689 contract to Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), of Pasadena, Calif., to explore and then deliver a report on potential measures to detect, identify, characterize and mitigate the corruption of radio frequency (RF…
Announcement
The Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) onboard NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, which launched on June 25, 2024, are powered on, performing well, and observing the sun.
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NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for NOAA’s QuickSounder mission.
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On Sept. 13, NOAA awarded Knowledge Mesh/Natural Language Processing (KM/NLP) contracts with a cumulative value of $5.4 million to four companies.
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NASA, on behalf of NOAA, has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program.
Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites have been closely tracking Tropical Storm Francine since it formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico over the weekend. Initially designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone Six on Sept. 8, 2024, it strengthened into a tropical storm…