Tag: weather
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Next-generation GOES-17 weather satellite encounters infrared imaging glitch in orbit
An artist’s conception shows a GOES-R series satellite. (NASA Photo) Two months after its launch, the main imaging instrument on a next-generation weather satellite is experiencing problems with its cooling system. That, in turn, is hurting the Advanced Baseline Imager’s ability to capture infrared and near-infrared images for the GOES-17 satellite, which is supposed to…
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Atlas 5 rocket launches GOES-S satellite to watch Western weather and wildfires
The GOES-S satellite is launched by an Atlas 5 rocket. (NASA via YouTube) A next-generation GOES-S weather satellite, the second of its kind, rose into orbit at 2:02 p.m. PT (5:02 p.m. ET) today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. NASA assisted with the preparations…
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Night launch sends next-gen JPSS-1 weather satellite (and more) into orbit
A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket sends the JPSS-1 satellite into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (ULA Photo) The first in a series of four next-generation weather satellites, known as the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 or JPSS-1, is in orbit after a twice-delayed liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.…
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Aurora alert: Northern lights could flare in the sky … if clouds don’t block your view
Northern lights shine over Mount Adams in a Sept. 27 image. (MtAdams.tv via Brenda Turnbull) The chances of seeing the northern lights are higher for the next couple of nights, but Western Washington’s trademark fall weather could cloud things over. Literally. We’re talking about two types of weather here: The space weather side of the…
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Video: Weather causes Atlas 5 countdown hold
For the second day running, bad weather at Cape Canaveral forced the postponement of the NROL-52 satellite launch. Today, the weather officer stopped the countdown with 97 seconds left.
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Live coverage: Irma knocks out power at Kennedy Space Center
Live coverage of Hurricane Irma’s impacts on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 45th Space Wing Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Hurricane Hurricane Irma Kennedy Space Center Mission Status Center Weather
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Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Irma
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION An aerial view of the Vehicle Assembly Building and surrounding facilities, including the Space Launch System’s mobile launch platform. Credit: NASA/KSC With an eye on fast-moving Hurricane Irma, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Thursday while NASA and contractor personnel rushed to prepare…
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Next-generation weather satellite shipped to launch base in California
Technicians perform final checks on JPSS 1 in the cleanroom prior to shipment to Vandenberg. Credit: Ball Aerospace A new weather observatory that will track storms across the globe as it orbits from pole to pole has been trucked to its launch site in California for a long-awaited ascent into space this November. The first…
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Red vs. green: Solar flares could power northern lights above our smoky skies
An extreme ultraviolet image of the sun, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows an X9.3 flare erupting at lower right. (NASA / Goddard / SDO Photo) The sun has been acting up this week, and normally that would produce auroral displays bright enough to see in Washington state. But this isn’t a normal week:…
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Delta 4’s military launch bumped by commercial SpaceX flight, but good weather expected
The Delta 4 will launch from Complex 37. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With the SpaceX scrub earlier this week and the time needed to convert the Eastern Range over to the Delta 4, liftoff of that rocket carrying an internationally-purchased military communications satellite for the Air Force has been bumped to Saturday evening. Liftoff…