The service is crafting a plan to replace its legacy weather capability, and WSF-M and its companion EWS program are a bridge ...

The final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R weather satellite series has a new place in orbit … and a new name. The GOES-19 weather satellite, which launched into orbit in June 2024, has officially ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Meteorologists use many tools to help analyze weather data and develop a ... U.S. and Pacific Ocean (“GOES-West”). Each satellite, as of this week, also has a backup.

It will also monitor severe weather, atmospheric rivers, wildfires, volcanic eruptions and other environmental events. The satellite is also equipped with space weather instruments to monitor the sun.

A low-pressure system visible off the Pacific coast was heading inland, bringing the potential for severe weather through the evening. This GOES-W repeating satellite time-lapse video provided by ...

GOES-19 satellite, which became operational Tuesday, covers the GOES East orbit 22,236 miles above Earth's equator. It is the final piece of an advanced series of weather satellites to provide ...