A Weather Satellite Watches The Sun

  • Released Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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GOES is a series of weather satellites providing continuous delivery of real time data helping meteorologists predict weather on Earth with great accuracy. The GOES satellites also look at the Sun and send critical data to space weather forecasters. These space weather warnings are critical to power companies, airplanes, astronauts, and many more.

NASA satellites such as STEREO, SOHO, and SDO are dedicated to studying the sun. GOES is a weather satellite but also watches the sun constantly. Watch this video and learn why space weather data is so important for every day life here on Earth.

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See http://www.nasa.gov/goes-p

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NOAA, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

This page was originally published on Tuesday, April 27, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.

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  • GOES and Space Weather (ID: 2010003)
    Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 5:00AM