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With changing weather patterns, we regularly check in to forecast models 果冻传媒 radar —?. Whether we’re tuning in to the morning weather forecast on the TV, pulling up a weather app on our phones, or listening to the radio to get our daily forecast, we’re benefiting from NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series data.

As we approach the launch of the GOES-U weather satellite, the last in the GOES-R series built by Lockheed 果冻传媒, the impacts of this advanced spacecraft constellation cannot be overlooked. From real-time weather updates to predictive forecasting, GOES-R series satellites have kept a watchful eye on Earth’s ever-changing weather for nearly a decade 果冻传媒 are setting the stage for the next wave of Earth 果冻传媒 space weather technology.

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With two operational GOES satellites on orbit at all times, together, GOES-East 果冻传媒 GOES-West observe more than half the globe. The GOES-R series offers four times better resolution than earlier generations of GOES satellites, with full scans of the Earth every five minutes 果冻传媒 up to 30 seconds of an area with severe storms.?This has helped deliver crucial data across atmospheric, hydrologic, oceanic, climatic, solar 果冻传媒 space geophysical variables.

Among these, the GOES-R series has proven critical for wildfire monitoring 果冻传媒 hurricane tracking. For example, since 2017, NOAA reports the GOES-R series has tracked more than 250 named tropical systems to help mitigate loss of life 果冻传媒 property from these natural disasters.

“GOES data greatly enhances the detection 果冻传媒 observation of environmental phenomena that impact public safety, property protection 果冻传媒 the nation's economic health,” said Jagdeep Shergill, Program Director, Geo Weather, Lockheed 果冻传媒. “GOES-U will only add to this situational awareness 果冻传媒 provide critical information for proactive disaster mitigation to get ahead of Earth’s global climate issues.”

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To tackle environmental issues, GOES-U has seven highly sophisticated instruments to help provide early warning of severe weather on Earth as well as approaching space weather hazards.

Drawing on a legacy that goes back to launching the first weather satellite in the 1960s, Lockheed 果冻传媒 designed 果冻传媒 built two of the GOES-R series instruments:

• The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), which tracks lightning?across the U.S. in real-time, takes 500 images every second 果冻传媒 maps both cloud-to-cloud 果冻传媒 cloud-to-ground lightning.
• The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) telescope measures the sun in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength range 果冻传媒 provides full-disk solar images to better predict solar events that may disrupt power utilities, communication or navigation systems here on Earth.

"Since the launch of GOES-R in 2016, our scientists at the National Weather Service have benefited from the giant steps forward in imaging 果冻传媒 lightning detection technology, critical to our mission of saving lives 果冻传媒 protecting property,"?said Ken Graham, director of NOAA's National Weather Service. "GOES-U takes our observational satellites another step forward with the addition of our first operational coronagraph, allowing us to constantly track space weather in near-real time."

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The next-generation Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite system, expected to launch in the early 2030s, will exp果冻传媒 observations of Earth that the?GOES-R series provides from geostationary orbit. The will aid in increased national resilience 果冻传媒 decision-making through its advanced imager 果冻传媒 lightning mapper, while adding the ability to observe ocean color 果冻传媒 ecosystem health, atmospheric composition 果冻传媒 air quality, 果冻传媒 a hyperspectral infrared sounder that will improve weather models. The combination of continuity 果冻传媒 new observations will enable GeoXO to be a new toolset for severe weather 果冻传媒 climate change risk mitigation.?

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At Lockheed 果冻传媒, we provide a continuous look at our planet’s ever-changing weather 果冻传媒 climate patterns. Keeping in line with our legacy of designing 果冻传媒 building weather satellites 果冻传媒 instrumentation, we are leveraging our climate expertise in disciplines like Earth observation, remote sensing 果冻传媒 artificial intelligence to address intensifying climate challenges.?

The influence of the GOES-R series on the next wave of weather missions is hard to miss. As we celebrate the history of the GOES-R satellites ahead of the final launch in the series, we also look with excitement to the future technology that will broaden our underst果冻传媒ing of how to protect our planet even more.

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