JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Fifty years ago, on Oct. 24, 1975, meteorology took a monumental leap forward when GOES-1 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), the world’s first geostationary ...

NASA satellites observe a column of smoke caused by a forest fire over Saskatchewan, indicating an early and intense fire ...

First introduced in 1975, geostationary satellites have become a standard instrument for weather forecasting, especially during hurricane season. NOAA's National Hurricane Center will turn to its ...

On July 4, NASA's GOES-18 satellite captured the Dragon Bravo fire in Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park which started with a lightning strike and quickly became a roaring wildfire. The fire ...

DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Europe has taken a major step forward in strengthening its resilience to extreme weather events with the successful launch of the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder ...

Accurate, real-time monitoring of ionospheric dynamics is essential for understanding space weather and protecting satellite-based navigation and communication systems.

Study using radio telescope data finds most geostationary satellites emit little unintended radio interference in frequencies used for astronomy ...

The satellite data helps meteorologists create weather forecasts that keep planes and ships safe and prepare countries for a potential hurricane landfall. Now, meteorologists are about to lose access ...

Images from geostationary satellites alone aren’t enough to help planes avoid contrail-prone regions, MIT researchers report.

Every hurricane season, we become familiar with the counterclockwise-spinning spiral as the near-universal symbol for the storms. But that wouldn’t have been possible without weather satellites to ...

DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After more than two weeks of complex manoeuvring, precise positioning and meticulous checks, EUMETSAT assumed control of the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 ...