NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide launch services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) QuickSounder mission. The selection is part of NASA’s Venture-Class […]
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L3Harris Advanced Weather Imager captures 1st GOES-19 image
The L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) onboard NOAA’s newest weather satellite captured its first image since launching into space in late June, representing a significant milestone prior to […]
NASA selects Lockheed Martin to develop the Lightning Mapper for NOAA
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary […]
PlanetiQ awarded million$ NOAA Contract
PlanetiQ received a Delivery Order (DO-4) contract valued at more than $6.5 million to supply NOAA with their proprietary radio occultation (RO) data for a period of one year starting […]
Spire Global awarded million$ NOAA contract for satellite weather data
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) hs been awarded a $3,832,500 contract from NOAA to provide radio occultation (RO) data for a one-year period from September 18, 2024 to September 18, 2025. […]
NOAA is forecasting severe geomagnetic storm
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) — a division of the National Weather Service — is monitoring the sun following a series coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that began on August […]
ATLAS Space Operations completes rapid onboarding of TROPICS Spacecraft
In May of 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted an 85% likelihood of above-normal activity for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season. This marked the fifth consecutive year […]
Early wildfire detection advanced with the use of satellites via the Investing In America agreement
The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has signed an agreement with the Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Forest Service to use […]
SpaceX launches NOAA’s “monumental” GOES-U mission claiming “the nation’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring satellite system”
On Tuesday, June 25 at 5:26 p.m. ET, Falcon Heavy launched the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U mission to a geostationary orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at […]
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch second NOAA’s GOES-U weather satellite Tuesday after leak causes delay
NOAA and SpaceX have finally set a date to launch the last satellite of the GOES-R Series into geostationary orbit on June 25 after a lengthy delay due to a […]