The two main instruments on board Eumetsat‘s Meteosat-12, the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) and the Lightning Imager (LI), play a crucial role in enabling meteorological services to help protect lives […]
Weather Satellites
L3Harris’ 5th CrIS complete + ready for NOAA Weather Satellite integration
L3Harris recently reached a significant milestone when it shipped its fifth Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a critical component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Joint Polar Satellite System […]
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 […]
L3Harris completes critical test of Advanced Sounder for NOAA’s 4th JPSS weather satellite
L3Harris recently completed electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing on the company’s Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a mission-critical weather observation instrument that will be used on the next spacecraft in NOAA’s Joint […]
SSC successfully delivers 1st USSF WSF-M satellite to Vandenberg SFB for a March launch
Space Systems Command (SSC) has successfully delivered the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-62 Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) Space Vehicle (SV) from Ball Aerospace, Boulder, Colorado, to Vandenberg Space Force Base, […]
NOAA satellites helped save 350 lives in 2023
NOAA’s satellites, known for their pivotal role in tracking weather and climate, were behind the rescue of 350 people from harrowing, life-threatening ordeals in the U.S. and its surrounding waters […]
Muon Space selected by AFWERX for SBIR Phase I Contract
Muon Space, a LEO satellite constellation company, has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase I contract focused on weather intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and operational mission planning. […]
UPDATE #6: SpaceX: Weather improves and 21 Starlinks sent to orbit
On Tuesday, August 22nd at 2:37 a.m. PT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 was finally able to launch 21 Starlink satellites to LEO from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg […]
RTX space sensor to monitor coastal ecosystem health
Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has announced that the company’s Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer (GLIMR) sensor has completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and is now in […]
NOAA satellites monitoring severe weather + smoke
As catastrophic flooding impacts the Northeast, skies across the region and particularly along the central and eastern U.S. have also been affected by heavy smoke from wildfires burning across Canada […]