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36,151 kilometres (22,463 mi) Apogee altitude. 36,197 kilometres (22,492 mi) Inclination. 10.89°. Period. 1,456.0 minutes. GOES-8, known as GOES-I before becoming operational, was an American weather satellite, which formed part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system.
GOES-16 serves as the operational geostationary weather satellite in the GOES East position at 75.2°W, providing a view centered on the Americas. GOES-16 provides high spatial and temporal resolution imagery of the Earth through 16 spectral bands at visible and infrared wavelengths using its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI).
With the advent of the satellite came better and more accurate weather tracking. The first satellites sent into space to monitor the weather were known as Television Infrared Observation Satellites (TIROS). In 1961, Hurricane Esther was the first hurricane to be "discovered" through satellite readings. [4]
The weather satellite lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:26 p.m. ET. ... Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
This image of the western Caribbean (right) and Central America (left), captured on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, shows a pulse of showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave of low ...
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) [5] Weather [5] North America and the Pacific Ocean basin [5] 4 March 2010, Delta IV, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida [5] 133.0°W Galaxy-15 United States 131.0°W: AMC-1: Lockheed Martin A2100: United States SES: Television and Radio Broadcasting
(AccuWeather Enhanced RealVue™ Satellite) ... to tropical storm or hurricane formation over the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean. ... who monitor and analyze dangerous ...
Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019. Earth observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used to monitor short-term weather, long-term climate change, natural disasters.