Metop-A, the first European polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, was launched in October 2006 and has been delivering operational data since 15 May 2007.

On August 10, 1960, Discoverer 13, an Earth-orbiting satellite, was launched. A reentry capsule that was ejected from this ...

Weather satellites operated by the U.S. Department of Defense will stop delivering data to NOAA on July 31. Here’s why and how it will change storm and hurricane forecasting.

The launch of a polar-orbiting weather satellite and reentry technology demonstration will be delayed more than a week because of a battery problem with the upper stage of their rocket, NASA ...

MetOp is Europe’s first polar-orbiting satellite dedicated to operational meteorology and with its array of sophisticated instruments, this weather satellite promises to provide data of ...

NOAA's JPSS-2 polar-orbiting weather satellite will be sharing payload space with new heat shield technology developed by NASA. The heat shield will be tested from orbit for the first time.

Satellite data allows meteorologists to keep track of the location, structure and intensity of severe weather, helping to ...

NationalPolar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Program Schedule Changes As of As of Net change Minimum Aug-02 Feb-04 As of from contract change from Milestones contract award ...

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite produced this composite image of Earth over nine days in April 2012 and 13 days in October 2012, needing "312 orbits and 2.5 terabytes of ...

The recently launched satellite captured a stunning panoramic view of the Earth, created from swaths of data captured throughout the full globe over a period of 24 hours between Dec. 5 and Dec. 6.