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Defense Department opts to not end satellite data for storm forecasts
The U.S. Defense Department has decided not to end the dispersal of key satellite weather data on Friday as planned. The ...
Defense Department will continue providing critical weather satellite data to NOAA
The SSMIS instruments are part of three weather satellites that are in low-Earth orbit and are maintained by NOAA in ...
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US military reverses end to satellite weather sharing program
The Defense Department will no longer end the sharing of critical satellite weather information after the plan was met with ...
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Will hurricane forecasts for SC be worse after DoD retires aging satellite program soon?
Weather satellites operated by the U.S. Department of Defense will stop delivering data to NOAA on July 31. Here’s why and ...
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In reversal, Navy will share satellite data with NOAA until fall 2026
The Navy will continue sharing data with NOAA from satellites that the service had planned to start phasing out on July 31.
Pentagon to Keep Sharing Key Satellite Data for Hurricane Forecasting Despite Planned Cutoff
The Department of Defense now says it will continue sharing key data collected by three sophisticated weather satellites that ...
Defense Department to end satellite data programs used for storm forecasts
With the peak hurricane season looming, forecasters will be without key information starting Monday because the Defense ...
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US Navy won't torpedo hurricane forecast satellite feed after all
Data stream from aging sensor to continue after public backlash and amateur workaround The US Navy has announced plans to ...
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Key data used in hurricane forecasting in jeopardy, NOAA says
The data cutoff from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program comes after NOAA lost a substantial chunk of its staff to layoffs and buyouts earlier this year, stemming from President Trump's ...