GOES-8 Visible (0.65 µm) images (above) showed the cloud features — including spiral banding and a cloud-free core resembling an eye — associated with a deepening area of low pressure over Lake Huron (surface analyses) on 14 September 1996. This storm acquired some characteristics of a tropical cyclone, being referred to... Read More
#HappyBirthday to GOES! The @NOAASatellites geostationary satellite network was born #OTD in 1975 with the launch of GOES 1. #GoingGoingGone pic.twitter.com/09sSASjBOJ — NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) October 16, 2017The first GOES-1 Visible (0.65 µm) image was transmitted at 1645 UTC on 25 October 1975 (below).Sample GOES-1 Visible images are shown below... Read More
December 6, 2016 marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of ATS-1 on 06 December 1966. ATS-1 was the first meteorological satellite to be placed into a geostationary orbit — an example of one of the first ATS-1 visible images is seen below, and early ATS images. ... Read More
During the first 2 weeks of June 1991 the Mount Pinatubo volcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines began to produce a series of eruptions, culminating in the climactic eruption beginning at 0227 UTC on 15 June. An animation of 5-km resolution GMS-4 Infrared Window (11.5 µm) images (above)... Read More
