A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the...
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part of global commerce. Weather satellite systems provide information about terrestrial weather. The signals from satellites of a global positioning system...
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Lissajous orbit). Earth observation satellites gather information for reconnaissance, mapping, monitoring the weather, ocean, forest, etc. Space telescopes...
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uses geosynchronous equatorial satellites that, since the launch of SMS-1 in 1974, have been a basic element of U.S. weather monitoring and forecasting....
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several companies and organizations. Satellite images have numerous applications in a variety of fields. Weather: They guide meteorologists in forecasting...
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NASA's Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) program, sent back the first television footage of weather patterns to be taken from space. In 2008...
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Tehuantepecer (section As seen by weather satellites)
shows up as a rope cloud within the visible and infrared channels of weather satellite images, and since it lies at the leading edge of a density (temperature...
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Geostationary orbit (redirect from Geostationary satellite)
satellites are located. Weather satellites are also placed in this orbit for real-time monitoring and data collection, and navigation satellites to provide a known...
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Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (TIROS) is a series of early weather satellites launched by the United States, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960...
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Radiosonde Rocketsonde Surface weather observation Timex Expedition WS4 Tropical cyclone observation Weather reconnaissance Weather radar Weather satellite...
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Meteor spacecraft are weather observation satellites launched by the Soviet Union and Russia since the Cold War. The Meteor satellite series was initially...
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with meteorology and weather forecasting. Unbeknownst to many, the U.S. military services were also starting up a weather satellite program. This program...
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satellites are used to monitor short-term weather, long-term climate change, natural disasters. Earth observations satellites provide information for research...
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A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication...
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Weather modification is the act of intentionally manipulating or altering the weather. The most common form of weather modification is cloud seeding, which...
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10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024. "SpaceX launches advanced weather satellite for US Space Force (video)". Space.com. 11 April 2024. Archived from...
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The list of weather records includes the most extreme occurrences of weather phenomena for various categories. Many weather records are measured under...
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MyRadar (category Weather forecasting)
government-provided weather and radar data. To publish improved predictions of ongoing weather unique to the app, the first of many personal satellites was launched...
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Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) is a research institute where scientists study the use of data from geostationary and polar orbit weather satellites to improve...
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GOES-19 (category Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites)
to reaching geostationary orbit) is a weather satellite, the fourth and last of the GOES-R series of satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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The Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) was a United States Department of Defense weather satellite system to have been built by Northrop Grumman...
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of an aircraft equipped with a satellite weather receiver.[citation needed] In 2004, JetBlue announced that XM Satellite Radio service would be available...
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Air Force Weather Agency. New generations of satellites are developed to succeed the current polar orbiting and geosynchronous satellites, the Joint...
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from weather satellites are used in areas where traditional data sources are not available. Compared with similar data from radiosondes, the satellite data...
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different satellites to study Earth, such as Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) in 1960, which was the first weather satellite. NASA and...
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TIROS-1 (category Weather satellites of the United States)
was the first full-scale weather satellite (the Vanguard 2 satellite was the first experimental/prototype weather satellite), the first of a series of...
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auction off all of the weather satellites, to repurchase data from private buyers, outsourcing weather observation stations, NOAA Weather Radio and computerized...
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NROL-61 satellites in July 2016, and the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in September 2016. ULA launched multiple satellites in late 2016. The weather satellite Geostationary...
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state." Weather portal Weather media in the United States The Weather Network – A Canadian Category A cable and satellite channel devoted to weather forecasts...
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have weather satellites in orbit that are used to monitor the weather, environment, and climate of the Earth. Polar-orbiting weather satellites cover...
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