The above wiki image is credited to : “Mark Wade 2003 (text) NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team 2006-09-01 (photo) Borrow-188 and Soumya-8974 (compilation) – This file was derived from: CCAFS.jpg.All the GOES launches have been from Cape Canaveral (FL), but the launch pads used have varied over the decades.... Read More
The GOES-U rocket launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy provided an opportunity for GOES-East (16) and -West (18) to monitor the launch and booster re-entries. Both the operational GOES were taking special (research) ABI meso-scale sectors of the launch, with GOES-16 providing 1-min imagery and GOES-18 30-sec (both sectors). (More on how to submit... Read More
There are a number of instruments on the GOES-R series to monitor space weather, one of them is the Solar UV Imager (SUVI).6-panel SUVI ImageryThe same loop as above, but as an animated gif. The SUVI monitors the Sun at 6 frequencies in the UV part of the electromagnetic spectrum. UW/SSEC has started to post daily... Read More
This blog post shows satellite imagery with a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER that encountered severe turbulence while flying over southern Myanmar (information from flightradar) at 0749 UTC on 21 May 2024. This graphic from Sarah Griffin, CIMSS, shows the turbulence location/time; other graphics/animations from this event are in this directory that Sarah Griffin created.LightningCast probabilities... Read More
