Category: Satellite
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Uncrewed Lunar Lander Makes Historic Moon Landing with SpaceX and NASA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (BDPA Houston) — On Thursday, February 15 at 1:05 a.m. ET, SpaceX launched the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission to lunar transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Today, a robotic spacecraft named Odysseus touched down on the moon’s south pole at 5:23 p.m. CT. The…
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NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory Welcomes Dr. DaNa Carlis As New Deputy Director
BOULDER, CO — DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D., joined GSL as the Deputy Director in September 2020. He comes to GSL from the NOAA Weather Program Office (WPO), where he established the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) Program. DaNa enjoys working between science, policy, and society to ensure better products and services for the American people.…
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NOAA predicts near-normal 2019 Atlantic hurricane season
Silver Spring, MD—NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting that a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year. This outlook forecasts a 40% chance of a near-normal season, a 30% chance of an above-normal season and a 30% chance of a below-normal season. The hurricane season officially extends from June 1st to November 30th. For 2019,…
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Coders discuss models and forecasts with NOAA during annual Earth Day Tech Summit
WASHINGTON—BDPA’s annual Earth Day Tech Summit, #CyberEarth19, was presented in Washington, D.C. to Industry, BDPA Members, Student Members, parents, and regional high school coding competition (HSCC) team leaders (cover photo) during Earth Day weekend. This year’s tech summit special guest was Dr. DaNa L. Carlis from the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
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Know how to read a map? Industry prepares for April’s GPS Rollover event
WASHINGTON—The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a global public service provided by the U.S. government. On April 6, 2019, there will be an event affecting the electric transmission and distribution system that has industry concerned about the potential for a major disruption. During the Week Number rollover of the Global Positioning System (GPS), the week number that…
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NASA readies next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) for NOAA
Significant weather forecasting improvements with new Technical innovations on board CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—The new generation GOES-R satellites will carry significant improvements and technology innovation on board. GOES-R will be able to deliver a full globe scan in only 5 minutes, compared to the 25 minutes needed for the same task with the current GOES satellites. GOES-R’s lightning mapper…