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In reply to the discussion: What happens when the Weather Satellites stop working? [View all]malaise
(268,997 posts)9. Better news here
http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/35463weather-satellite-glitch-prompts-noaa-to-activate-on-orbit-spare#.UaIulZyyCXl
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One of two primary satellites used by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to track severe weather in the United States has been knocked out of service, prompting the agency to activate a spare satellite to maintain East Coast coverage.
According to status updates posted on NOAAs website, service from the Geostationary-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-13 suffered an outage of its two main instruments May 22. The Boeing-built spacecraft was launched in May 2006 into a storage orbit and was activated in April 2010.
With GOES-13 out of commission, East Coast coverage is now being provided by the newly activated GOES-14 satellite, which was launched into a storage orbit in June 2009, the latest status update, issued May 23, said.
NOAA normally maintains two operational GOES satellites, overlooking the East and West coasts of the U.S. mainland. Each satellite has an imager, which monitors storms and cloud coverage, and a sounder, which takes vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and humidity.
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One of two primary satellites used by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to track severe weather in the United States has been knocked out of service, prompting the agency to activate a spare satellite to maintain East Coast coverage.
According to status updates posted on NOAAs website, service from the Geostationary-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-13 suffered an outage of its two main instruments May 22. The Boeing-built spacecraft was launched in May 2006 into a storage orbit and was activated in April 2010.
With GOES-13 out of commission, East Coast coverage is now being provided by the newly activated GOES-14 satellite, which was launched into a storage orbit in June 2009, the latest status update, issued May 23, said.
NOAA normally maintains two operational GOES satellites, overlooking the East and West coasts of the U.S. mainland. Each satellite has an imager, which monitors storms and cloud coverage, and a sounder, which takes vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and humidity.
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For starters, the RWNJ's will declare that it's"gawd's will" because the victims
Arkansas Granny
May 2013
#2
But the human race created technology, therefore that crutch is now part of human evolution.
JaneyVee
May 2013
#20
It's funny how people act as if satellites are the only way to tell a storm is coming.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2013
#24
We can send Pat Robertson into space, so he can pray the weather around for us.
MNBrewer
May 2013
#23