Concentrations of ozone-damaging aluminum oxides in Earth’s atmosphere could increase by 650% in the coming decades due to a rise in the number of defunct satellites burning up during reentry, a first-of-a-kind study has found. And, as satellite megaconstellations continue to pique the interests of private companies, this could be pretty bad news for our […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A next-gen weather satellite has left its home planet behind. After concerns the weather would not cooperate, a perfect window of opportunity opened today (June 25) for the launch of GOES-U, the fourth and final member of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-R series of Earth-observing craft. GOES-U […]
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches most advanced weather satellite ever made into space Crews at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center successfully launched a critical spacecraft Tuesday afternoon. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Forecasters will soon be able to see real-time mapping of lightning activity on Earth and keep a closer eye on solar storms unleashed by the sun thanks to a new weather satellite. Together, NASA and the […]
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The last of a series of hurricane-hunting satellites is getting its most powerful ride ever to space today aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The rocket that is essentially three Falcon 9’s strapped together is set to lift off from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A at 5:16 p.m. at the opening of a […]
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is poised for its 10th-ever liftoff. SpaceX rolled the Falcon Heavy and its payload, the next-gen GOES-U weather satellite, out to Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday (June 24). If all goes according to plan, the powerful rocket will launch on Tuesday (June 25), during a […]
A hurricane-tracking GOES weather satellite, the final member of a four-satellite fleet at the heart of an $11 billion upgrade to the nation’s forecasting infrastructure, is poised for a late-afternoon launch Tuesday atop a powerful SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. “NOAA’s geostationary satellites are an indispensable tool for protecting the United States and the one billion […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The green lights continue to shine leading up to the launch of a powerful U.S. weather satellite. GOES-U, the fourth and final member of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-R series of next-gen weather satellites, has been cleared for its planned Tuesday (June 25) liftoff following an in-depth […]
I remember in college in the late 2000s learning about forecasting weather. My classmates and I would hand draw maps with the current weather systems and then we’d look at the satellite data to help paint the picture of what would happen in the coming hours and days. NOAA’s weather satellites were good back then, […]
Rocket launches are fast and frequent from Florida’s Space Coast. Channel 9 recently visited the precious cargo for another satellite, which is now being prepped in Titusville. The special cargo is the GOES-U satellite. GOES-U is the world’s most advanced geostationary weather satellite. Read: NASA’s Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, is doing […]
North Korea has begun building an apparent wall near its border with South Korea, according to new satellite footage reported by multiple outlets. Satellite images from June 17 showed three white structures along the eastern part of the North Korean border, according to a BBC Verify analysis. An area of land inside of the Demilitarized […]
The final NOAA satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R series of weather satellites, GOES-U, is set to head to space. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. EDT (2116 GMT) on June 25 and the mission will aim for the stars on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […]