The program's satellites provide information used in weather forecasting, hurricane tracking, severe weather monitoring, sea ...

New report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warned that the lower cost could come with a significant impact on ...

Scientists have developed a new method to measure ocean surface currents over large areas in greater detail than ever before. Called GOFLOW (Geostationary Ocean Flow), the approach applies deep ...

For a tenth time in program history, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket roared off the launchpad at historic Launch Complex 39A. This was the beginning of the journey for Geostationary Operational ...

Rendering of the Weather System Follow-on–Microwave satellite. Credit: BAE Systems WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has ordered a second environmental satellite known as the Weather System Follow-on ...

The United States satellite images displayed are infrared (IR) images. Warmest (lowest) clouds are shown in white; coldest (highest) clouds are displayed in shades of yellow, red, and purple. Imagery ...

Google DeepMind and Google Research have released a new global weather forecasting model, called WeatherNext 3, that trains directly on live satellite observations instead of relying only on the ...

The visible satellite imagery is essentially a snapshot of what the satellite sees, unlike Infrared (IR) satellite imagery, which depicts the temperature of the clouds. As the sun approaches midday ...

Google is one of the major players in AI (meaning machine learning) weather forecast model space. The models it and others generate have their strengths and weaknesses, but the main advantage is that ...