It will measure wind speed and direction over the ocean surface, to help monitor scale phenomena such as ocean winds and continental ice sheets, and check land surface soil moisture — a key driver of water and heat fluxes between the ground and the atmosphere. The flight model of the Scatterometer Antenna Subsystem (SAS) of […]
Meteorological
L3Harris High-Resolution Weather Instrument Set to Launch On NOAA’s GOES-T Satellite
L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE:LHX) third high-resolution weather instrument is set to launch March 1 onboard a NOAA satellite – strengthening the nation’s ability to monitor the environment and rapidly detect severe weather. The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the primary instrument for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T), the third in a series of four advanced […]
Hunga Tonga’s Volcanic Eruption Documented By Maxar’s Satellite
Maxar’s satellite imagery shows the aftermath of the large eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano as well as the damage caused by the tsunami in the nearby Tongan capital of Nuku’alofa. Maxar imagery clearly shows that most of the volcanic island that used to be above water was destroyed by the eruption; and, […]
RSCC’s Express-AM5 Assisting With Comms During The Yakutia Region’s Fires
The Express-AM5 satellite, operated by RSCC, is now restoring communications and the internet in the Yakutia regions of Russia that have been affected by the fire Information notice — the satellite assignment makes it possible to prevent serious communication interruptions. Forest fires have swept over 7 million hectares in Yakutia, burning out an area comparable […]
EUMETSAT Becomes The Largest Operator Of Sentinel Missions
EUMETSAT will become the largest operator of the Copernicus program’s Sentinel satellite missions under an agreement signed with the European Commission. Copernicus is a component of the European Union Space Program. It looks at our planet and its environment for the benefit of all European citizens. It offers information services that draw from satellite Earth […]
NOAA GOES-17 Anomaly Rectified
Thanks to Mr. Carl Reinemann, notification was received that the NOAA GOES-17 satellite had moved into a Safe Hold Mode due to an anomaly that affected all satellite operations… Thankfully, on July 23 at 2:51 p.m., the agency issued the following statement… NOAA’s GOES-17 is out of safe-hold mode and engineers expect its six instruments […]
Maxar’s Open Data Response To European Flooding
Devastating floods caused by unprecedented rainfall have killed at least 195 people in Germany and Belgium. Tens of thousands of people are unable to return to their homes and many still do not have access to power and drinking water. In Germany, entire towns, train lines and roads were swept away in what the German […]
China Places Their Fengyun-3E Meteorological Satellite Into Orbit
A new meteorological satellite from China has been pushed into its planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China — this occurred on July 5. The satellite, Fengyun-3E (FY-3E), was lifted to space by a Long March-4C rocket at 7:28 a.m. (Beijing Time). This was the 377th flight mission of the Long […]