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Space Force gets another weather satellite from NOAA

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force for the second time has taken ownership of a retired National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellite to fill gaps in coverage for the U.S. military.  NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite known as GOES-15, originally activated in 2011, was transferred to the Space Force…
bubmag
September 23, 2023
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Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts

SAN FRANCISCO – Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire Global won contracts, announced Aug. 31, to design microwave sounders for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Under the contracts awarded by NASA on behalf of NOAA, the four companies will conduct studies and design sounders for the…
bubmag
September 1, 2023
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MyRadar to validate technology with NOAA funding

SAN FRANCISCO – With funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MyRadar will develop and launch cubesats to validate technology for its future weather and environmental data constellation. MyRadar announced a $650,000 NOAA Phase 2 SBIR grant Aug. 18 for a pair of Orbital Wildfire Resilience cubesats. The cubesats,…
bubmag
August 25, 2023
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The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from a historic heatwave

This article is republished from The Conversation. Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive 2023’s extraordinary marine heat wave. They carefully scraped away harmful algae and predators impinging on staghorn fragments,…
bubmag
August 19, 2023
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True Anomaly gets regulatory greenlight for first spacecraft reconnaissance mission

Defense-focused space technology startup True Anomaly has received key permits from regulators that will allow it to demonstrate imaging and rendezvous capabilities on-orbit for the first time. The two authorizations — from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — give the company the…
bubmag
August 17, 2023
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50% chance 2023 will be warmest year on record

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. (UPDATE) WASHINGTON: There is a nearly 50 percent probability that 2023 will be the warmest year ever recorded, and next year could be even hotter, US government climate experts said Monday (Tuesday in Manila). "2023 to date has been the third warmest…
bubmag
August 15, 2023