Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites often see patterns of clouds called gravity waves, which appear as ripples.
Satellite Snapshots
NOAA’s GOES West saw a solar prominence , a type of eruption, take place on the Sun’s surface on March 30-31, 2021. This event was…
Feature Story
Happy SARSAT Beacon Awareness Day (#406Day)! The Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system is recognized by…
Satellite Snapshots
NOAA’s GOES East satellite detected the heat from prescribed burns across Kansas and Oklahoma in this Fire…
Earth from Orbit
Imagery from the NOAA-20 satellite showed more than 400 cargo ships backed up in the Red Sea and Bitter Lake due to a ship blocking the Suez Canal.
Announcement
L3Harris Technologies Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Raytheon Company of El Segundo, California, for the GeoXO Phase A Study contract
Satellite Snapshots
On April 1, 1960, NASA launched the Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), the world’s first successful weather satellite.
Satellite Snapshots
The NOAA-20 satellite captured this view of a cargo ship traffic jam in the Red Sea near the entrance of the Suez Canal…