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Topic: Polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

Image is announcing NODD Office Hours on JPSS satellite data with Amazon Web Services

NOAA Open Data Office Hours: LEO Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) on Amazon Web Services (AWS)!

April 11, 2024

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Information Technology

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Open Data Dissemination

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open data dissemination

technology & innovation

polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

satellite imagery and visualizations

Image is announcing NODD Office Hours on JPSS satellite data with Amazon Web Services

NOAA LEO JPSS Office Hours Flyer with access information

NOAA Open Data Office Hours: LEO Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) on Google Cloud

April 11, 2024

Offices:

Information Technology

Programs:

Open Data Dissemination

Topics:

open data dissemination

technology & innovation

polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

satellite imagery and visualizations

NOAA LEO JPSS Office Hours Flyer with access information

Photo of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescue swimmer hoists a Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technician while conducting joint training in Sitka Sound, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2019.

NOAA satellites helped save 350 lives in 2023

January 18, 2024

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

geostationary satellite (GOES)

Photo of a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescue swimmer hoists a Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue technician while conducting joint training in Sitka Sound, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2019.

Image showing artist’s rendering of the NOAA-21 satellite in Earth's orbit.

NOAA-21 satellite is now operational

November 8, 2023

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

extreme weather

Image showing artist’s rendering of the NOAA-21 satellite in Earth's orbit.

Illustration showing rolling tape, the Earth and a NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) satellite.

When in danger, NOAA's POES satellites can safely decommission themselves

May 1, 2023

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

Illustration showing rolling tape, the Earth and a NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) satellite.

A still photo taken from a video of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew rescuing a boater from a capsized vessel near Slidell, Louisiana, on September 18, 2022. The boaters and their dog were safely rescued and transported to a nearby marina.

NOAA satellites helped save 397 lives in 2022

January 23, 2023

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

geostationary satellite (GOES)

A still photo taken from a video of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew rescuing a boater from a capsized vessel near Slidell, Louisiana, on September 18, 2022. The boaters and their dog were safely rescued and transported to a nearby marina.

JPSS-2, NOAA's third satellite in the Joint Polar Satellite System, successfully lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 10, 2022, at 1:49 a.m. PST (4:49 a.m. EST).

NOAA’s newest satellite heads toward orbit

November 10, 2022

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satellite launch

polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

JPSS-2, NOAA's third satellite in the Joint Polar Satellite System, successfully lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 10, 2022, at 1:49 a.m. PST (4:49 a.m. EST).

NOAA's JPSS-2 satellite enters the chamber for its thermal vacuum test at the Northrop Grumman facility in Gilbert, Arizona. Photo: Northrup Grumman

JPSS-2 satellite completes critical testing milestone on road to launch

June 17, 2022

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satellite launch

polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

NOAA's JPSS-2 satellite enters the chamber for its thermal vacuum test at the Northrop Grumman facility in Gilbert, Arizona. Photo: Northrup Grumman

This image taken from a video shows a U.S. Coast Guard crew lifting a man to safety off Cape May, New Jersey. This SARSAT rescue was one of the 330 lives saved in 2021 aided by NOAA satellites.

NOAA satellites helped save 330 lives in 2021

January 31, 2022

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

geostationary satellite (GOES)

This image taken from a video shows a U.S. Coast Guard crew lifting a man to safety off Cape May, New Jersey. This SARSAT rescue was one of the 330 lives saved in 2021 aided by NOAA satellites.

An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew conducts a hoist of one of two mariners approximately 288 miles east southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, on Jan. 2, 2020. The two sailors were aboard the 37-foot sailing vessel Rhapsody when it became disabled due to an engine room fire and activated their emergency position-indicating radio beacon for rescuers to locate them.

NOAA satellites helped save 304 lives in 2020

January 28, 2021

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polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

geostationary satellite (GOES)

An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew conducts a hoist of one of two mariners approximately 288 miles east southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, on Jan. 2, 2020. The two sailors were aboard the 37-foot sailing vessel Rhapsody when it became disabled due to an engine room fire and activated their emergency position-indicating radio beacon for rescuers to locate them.

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