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Topic: Satellites

An illustration of 4 satellites in space over half of the Earth shown below.

NOAA expands use of commercial satellite data to enhance weather forecasting

September 10, 2026

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An illustration of 4 satellites in space over half of the Earth shown below.

An illustration of the SOLAR-1 satellite positioned between the sun and Earth at its final location in orbit.

NOAA’s SOLAR-1 enters new era of space weather monitoring

June 10, 2026

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An illustration of the SOLAR-1 satellite positioned between the sun and Earth at its final location in orbit.

A photo of 4 astronauts wearing blue flight suits stand together on a stage.

Artemis II returns: How NOAA helped protect astronauts during the 10-day NASA mission

April 28, 2026

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A photo of 4 astronauts wearing blue flight suits stand together on a stage.

A corporate jet resting in about five feet of water in Coos Bay, Ore., after skidding off the east end of the runway at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport

NOAA satellites helped rescue 300 people in 2025

March 3, 2026

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A corporate jet resting in about five feet of water in Coos Bay, Ore., after skidding off the east end of the runway at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport

An artist rendering of NOAA's SWFO-L1 satellite in space orbit next to a image of the sun, and Earth is in the distance.

Experts to preview launch of historic NOAA space weather satellite observatory

August 14, 2025

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satellite launch

An artist rendering of NOAA's SWFO-L1 satellite in space orbit next to a image of the sun, and Earth is in the distance.

An X9 flare, which can be seen in the lower half of the sun, captured by GOES-19’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument on Oct. 3, 2024.

Five historically huge solar events

April 14, 2025

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Heritage stories

satellite imagery and visualizations

An X9 flare, which can be seen in the lower half of the sun, captured by GOES-19’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument on Oct. 3, 2024.

The TIROS-1 satellite.

65 years since the world’s first weather satellite

April 3, 2025

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The TIROS-1 satellite.

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Investing in America: NOAA's Science, Service and Stewardship in Action

December 9, 2024

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citizen science

Climate-Ready Coasts

coastal communities

aircraft operations

Welcome to noaa.gov

Image of a harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie as seen from the NOAA/NASA Suomi-NPP satellite on August 16, 2015. The Ocean Color Instrument on GeoXO will overcome the limitations of low-Earth orbiting satellites whose observations are often affected by cloud cover and sunglint.

Next-gen instrument will be game changer for satellite ocean observations

July 18, 2024

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Image of a harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie as seen from the NOAA/NASA Suomi-NPP satellite on August 16, 2015. The Ocean Color Instrument on GeoXO will overcome the limitations of low-Earth orbiting satellites whose observations are often affected by cloud cover and sunglint.

Photo showing NOAA's GOES-U satellite launches aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A at 5:26 p.m. EDT on June 25, 2024. Credit: Amber Jean Notvest/NASA.

NOAA’s GOES-U heads to orbit for historic mission

June 25, 2024

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geostationary satellite (GOES)

satellite launch

Photo showing NOAA's GOES-U satellite launches aboard a Space X Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A at 5:26 p.m. EDT on June 25, 2024. Credit: Amber Jean Notvest/NASA.

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