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NOAA NCEI Archives Data from COSMIC-2
One year ago today, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carried the constellation of six COSMIC-2 satellites into orbit. Learn how NOAA is archiving the data
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Saharan Air Layer Leaves Cuban Storm in the Dust
June 25, 2020 On June 23, 2020, the GOES-East satellite viewed the Saharan Air Layer (or SAL) over Cuba, while a storm erupted through its dusty haze…
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Extraordinary Heat and Massive Fires are Scorching Siberia
June 22, 2020 Extraordinary Heat and Massive Fires are Scorching Siberia On June 21, 2020, the Himawari-8 satellite viewed the ongoing Siberian fires…
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Satellites Have Drastically Changed How We Forecast Hurricanes
The powerful hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900, killing an estimated 8,000 people and destroying more…
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Lucas Praises NOAA for Saving Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Satellite Observation Program
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas released a statement praising the National Oceanic…
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NOAA Satellite Tracking Dust and Sand Being Blown from Sahara Desert
GOES-East satellite captured this GeoColor imagery of an expansive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert traveling westward.
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GOES-East Zooms in on Wildfires in the West
GOES-East satellite focused its Advanced Baseline Imager on wildfires in the four corners region of the western United States.
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GOES West Spies Ship Tracks Over the Eastern Pacific
From its vantage point nearly 22,300 miles up, the GOES West satellite captured this imagery of ship tracks embedded in stratocumulus clouds.
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