NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) are located roughly 36,000 km above the earth, directly over the equator. These satellites revolve at the same speed and direction as ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Meteorologists use many tools to help analyze weather data and develop a forecast. One of those tools is weather satellites, and there’s a familiar yet new one orbiting our planet that ...

The final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R weather satellite series has a new place in orbit … and a new name. The GOES-19 weather satellite, which launched into orbit in June 2024, has officially taken the ...

High above Earth's surface, GOES-18 and GOES-19 are the current pair of operational geostationary satellites monitoring the Western Hemisphere, orbiting in the GOES West and GOES East positions, ...

Has anyone noticed some weird/missing data from satellite imagery over the past few weeks? There's a reason for that! The old satellite that has been used for years is moving, with the most ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has officially begun receiving scientific data from GOES-19, the fourth and final satellite in its GOES-R series. Designed to gather advanced ...

For 50 years , NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have kept a constant vigil over the Western Hemisphere. These sentinels in the sky provide essential information to ...

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and coastal Mississippi. It was one of the deadliest hurricanes on record and remains the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. The 2005 ...

To us here on Earth, most of us never give a second thought to satellites, which may appear like small shining stars among many in the night sky – if they appear at all. But as hurricane season ...