Since the GOES-16 satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral on November 19, scientists, meteorologists and ordinary weather enthusiasts have anxiously waited for the first...
On November 19, 2016, GOES-R, the nation’s most advanced weather satellite to-date, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:42 p.m. EST. After a thrilling countdown...
Last week, a new U.S. weather satellite, GOES-R, launched into space. Like NOAA’s other satellites, it will provide the National Weather Service with critical oceanic and...
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered remarks at the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) Launch Ceremony at Cape...
As seen on the TODAY show this morning, Al Roker got an exclusive first look at NOAA's upgraded weather satellite, which will scan the skies five times faster, with...
NOAA’s powerful new supercomputers paved the way for another upgrade to the U.S. Global Forecast System (GFS), NOAA’s primary model for weather prediction. Today’s upgrade...