Engineers are studying a significant cooling problem with the primary imaging system aboard the recently launched GOES-17 weather satellite that is limiting infrared observations critical to ...

An illustration of the GOES 16 (formerly GOES-R) satellite, launched in November 2016. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — Engineers have made some progress in restoring the performance of the key ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --On Tuesday, NOAA gave us an update on a problem with the GOES-17 weather satellite that was first announced back in May 2018. This critical problem prevents the Advanced Baseline ...

Other Satellite Problems This is not the first time a NOAA satellite program has experienced major cost overruns, technical problems or management issues. In September 2003, lax government oversight ...

Eight of the top 10 U.S. cities that have seen an increase in so-called "nuisance flooding"--which causes such public inconveniences as frequent road closures, overwhelmed storm drains and compromised ...

A few months ago, NOAA launched a new satellite for monitoring weather in the United States. The satellite is called GOES-17, and it’s meant to track weather patterns across the eastern half of the ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON — Engineers have made some progress in restoring the performance of the key instrument ...