On Sept. 23, a spacecraft will launch with a clear mission — to keep a constant watch on the sun to help protect Earth from ...

With Florida already into hurricane season, a weather satellite that will give scientists a new set of eyes on developing storms is set to liftoff Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center. NOAA's GOES-U ...

The abrupt cutoff of satellite data crucial for hurricane forecasting is delayed by one month, until July 31, according to a message posted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the first image from its NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. The recently launched satellite captured ...

While problems with other programs could lead to lengthy gaps in polar satellite coverage, agency’s GOES-R project is on track for 2015 launches. While problems with other programs could lead to ...

As of July 31, the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will stop sharing satellite weather data with NOAA. Here, satellite imagery shows Hurricane Florence approaching the U.S.