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NASA launches the most modern weather satellite to date
After spending billions of dollars and many delays, NASA has restarted the extremely important weather satellite project Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1).
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Journey to the history of Nimbus weather satellites
In August 1964, the first Nimbus satellite was launched into space, paving the way for a series of satellites to observe Earth later.
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Fragments of Chinese satellite fall to the field
Phong Van 4 weather satellite's protective cover was found on the field in China's Jiangxi Province just one day after the launch.
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Teenage girls successfully built the first satellite for Africa
In May Africa will launch its first private satellite into space to track the changing weather and climate of the entire continent.
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US launches new generation weather satellite
On November 19, the US launched a latest generation weather satellite capable of capturing weather and atmospheric phenomena at 30 seconds per image.
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Japan launches the world's most advanced satellite
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on October 7, Japan successfully launched the Himawari-8 weather observing satellite from Tanegashima space center in Kagoshima Pr…
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Soviet satellites fell to earth
Soviet's first fully operational weather satellite Meteor-1, on March 26, fell back to the earth's atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, the US Strategic Com…
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India launches satellite to study weather
India's four satellites today are launched from the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, to serve the weather study.
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Extremely rare video about 24h on Earth seen from the universe
Based on images obtained from Japanese weather satellites, an expert in the United States created a time-lapse video that vividly depicts what happens 24 hours (1 day) o…
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Video: The most beautiful images ever seen about the Earth
The latest images of the Earth are taken from a distance of 22,369 miles from Russia's Elektro-L 1 Weather Satellite, which has just been taken by surprise. The color ta…