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Data from GOES-18 show a number of disturbances in the regions of space around Earth filled with energetic electrons and protons from April 27-29, 2022. This type of information can help NOAA detect geomagnetic storms.

GOES-18 instrument now sending data back to Earth

May 3, 2022

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geostationary satellite (GOES)

Data from GOES-18 show a number of disturbances in the regions of space around Earth filled with energetic electrons and protons from April 27-29, 2022. This type of information can help NOAA detect geomagnetic storms.

Liftoff of NOAA's GOES-T satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 1, 2022.

NOAA’s GOES-T blasts into orbit

March 1, 2022

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geostationary satellite (GOES)

satellite launch

Liftoff of NOAA's GOES-T satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 1, 2022.

Lightning as seen from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper on NOAA's GOES-16 satellite from April 29, 2020. One of the lightning flashes within this thunderstorm complex was found by the World Meteorological Organization to be the longest flash on record that covered a horizontal distance of 477 miles.

World's longest lightning flash on record captured by NOAA satellites

February 1, 2022

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Lightning as seen from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper on NOAA's GOES-16 satellite from April 29, 2020. One of the lightning flashes within this thunderstorm complex was found by the World Meteorological Organization to be the longest flash on record that covered a horizontal distance of 477 miles.

Main level graphic Jason 3 satellite

AMS satellite and space resources

January 5, 2022

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Main level graphic Jason 3 satellite

NOAA’s GOES-T is unloaded from a cargo jet.

NOAA’s GOES-T satellite arrives in Florida ahead of 2022 launch

November 10, 2021

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geostationary satellite (GOES)

satellite launch

NOAA’s GOES-T is unloaded from a cargo jet.

This is a visualization of NOAA's GOES-T satellite.

NOAA's GOES-T: Earth in high definition coming in early 2022

November 10, 2021

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satellite launch

This is a visualization of NOAA's GOES-T satellite.

This is a visualization of The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder.

This satellite instrument might have changed your life for the better

November 9, 2021

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technology & innovation

This is a visualization of The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder.

NOAA’s GOES-T, a geostationary weather satellite, must go through rigorous testing before launch. Here, it is lowered into a thermal vacuum chamber in August 2020 at a Lockheed Martin facility in Littleton, Colorado. This test simulates the extreme temperatures of launch and the space environment.

NOAA’s newest satellite completes tests ahead of December 2021 launch

March 22, 2021

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geostationary satellite (GOES)

satellite launch

NOAA’s GOES-T, a geostationary weather satellite, must go through rigorous testing before launch. Here, it is lowered into a thermal vacuum chamber in August 2020 at a Lockheed Martin facility in Littleton, Colorado. This test simulates the extreme temperatures of launch and the space environment.

NOAA monthly U.S. and global climate report call is May 22

May 20, 2020

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climate analyses and statistics

Mount St. Helens in eruption: aerial view looking toward the southwest with snow-capped Mount Hood in the distance. Skamania County, Washington. May 18, 1980.

Mount St. Helens, 40 years later: How NOAA monitors volcanic eruptions from space

May 18, 2020

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Mount St. Helens in eruption: aerial view looking toward the southwest with snow-capped Mount Hood in the distance. Skamania County, Washington. May 18, 1980.

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