CIRA operates a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Earth Station. This CIRA GOES Earth Station includes satellite dishes, an online archive and high-performance computing resources. Basically, it is a radio station on earth to communicate with weather satellites in space. | Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

GOES satellite imagery reveals a slow-moving storm system, forecast to produce rain and thunderstorms from the southern Plains across to the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic States early this week. Locally heavy rainfall could lead to isolated flash flooding on Tuesday, especially in the mid-Mississippi River Valley. Isolated severe thunderstorms, associated with the same storm system, are also possible Tuesday near the Gulf Coast. This GOES composite image was created by combining the most recent hal

36K views · 560 reactions | NOAA's GOES East satellite is tracking the weather systems moving across the U.S. this morning in this enhanced color imagery. One system is bringing a Slight Risk for severe weather across parts of the South while another is bringing heavy rain and mountain snow to the West. Latest: www.weather.gov | NOAA Satellite and Information Service | Facebook

1K views · 48 reactions | The GOES East satellite's air mass imagery is tracking a major winter storm moving over the U.S. today. Blizzard and Winter Storm Warnings stretch from the Rockies to the Great Lakes, while a slight risk for severe weather covers the mid-Mississippi Valley. Latest: www.weather.gov | NOAA Satellite and Information Service | Facebook

On October 16, 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES satellite! Space History Archives👉https://space-com.visitlink.me/xpyY8L GOES A was the first in a series of weather satellites that NASA jointly operated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The name is short for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. GOES A launched on a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. GOES satellites all have a geostationary orbit, which means they always face the same part