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Heavy Precipitation Event in California
A multi-day heavy precipitation event is underway in California. This image was captured by GOES East March 21, 2018 at 1700 UTC…
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NOAA GOES-S Satellite, Now Called GOES-17
The GOES-S satellite has reached geostationary orbit at roughly 22,300 miles up. Thus, it will now be called GOES-17.
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From Launch to Operations: What Happens During NOAA-20’s Checkout Phase
The launch of JPSS-1 (now NOAA-20) was officially deemed a success about one hour after liftoff on November 18, 2017, when the…
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Nighttime View of Another Storm off the U.S. East Coast
NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite captured this nighttime image of a strong secondary low pressure system in the western Atlantic…
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Powerful March Nor'easter seen by GOES East
NOAA's GOES East satellite captured this dramatic image of last week's powerful nor'easter that brought gale-force winds, rain and…
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NOAA GOES-S (GOES-17) High Definition GOES West!
In 2018, NOAA launches the GOES-S satellite, which takes its place in orbit as GOES-17. Working together with GOES-16, the two new geostationary weather satellites will provide constant watch over the United States and the Western Hemisphere from…
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Go GOES-S!
GOES-S launched into space at 5:02 pm ET from Kennedy Space Center on March 1, 2018.
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How to Launch a Rocket
NOAA GOES-S will travel to space aboard a ULA Atlas V 541 expendable launch vehicle, or rocket.
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