China has placed a new meteorological satellite into orbit that is designed to sharpen early warnings for extreme weather and ...

LOS ANGELES — A cooling problem with a key instrument on a weather satellite launched less than three months ago could degrade its performance for at least part of each day, with potential but still ...

For the second time in less than a year, a key weather satellite is ailing, forcing a spare satellite into service, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The ...

A powerful SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket boosted a hurricane-hunting GOES weather satellite into orbit Tuesday, the final member of a four-satellite fleet at the heart of an $11 billion upgrade to the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Say hello to the Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS-1), a new satellite that does everything ...

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The intermittent nature of solar energy poses challenges to grid stability, making accurate ultra-short-term solar irradiance ...

The USA's newest weather satellite — GOES-16 — has sent back its first images of our planet, federal scientists announced Monday. The photos are of weather and the Earth in high detail — at four times ...

It doesn’t matter where you get your weather forecast. With the newest weather satellite in orbit, prediction models will probably improve overnight. The GOES-R satellite was launched from Cape ...

This week, a super typhoon named Soudelor marched massively, ominously across the western Pacific before stomping over Taiwan and stumbling into coastal China. The loop above lets you see it the day ...