America's newest weather satellite has blasted off on a mission to improve wildfire and flood forecasting in the West.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying Americas newest weather satellite, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The satellite will be designated GOES-18 and will improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country. – America’s newest weather satellite blasted off Tuesday to improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the new model is redesigned to avoid the problem. It will be designated GOES-18 after reaching an equatorial orbit 22,000 miles up. The first images should come next year, following months of testing. “Having these multiple ways of looking at the Earth gives us a lot more and a lot better information for these critical forecasts to save lives, protect property," NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said following liftoff.
Besides observing conditions here on Earth, the satellites also monitor solar flares and the resulting space weather.
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