Science news articles about 'weather satellites'

BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched a second weather satellite on Tuesday to help improve forecasts for this August's Beijing Olympics, state media reported.

... .com) -- Scientists now have a ‘Martian weather satellite` to observe the weather on Mars in the same way as they monitor Earth`s weather. Its first ‘weather report` has been given by a team including ...

... (UPI) -- The latest polar-orbiting environmental weather satellite developed by the U.S. space agency has arrived in California for its scheduled Feb. 4 launch ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said weather forecasts appear favorable for the launch of the "NOAA-N Prime" weather satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency scrubbed the launch of a weather satellite early Wednesday, just minutes before it was scheduled to lift off.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A sophisticated new weather satellite rocketed into orbit Saturday, giving forecasters another powerful tool for tracking hurricanes and tornadoes....

... full-disk image from a newly launched weather satellite is an exciting milestone in the mission. It provides scientists and engineers with incontrovertible evidence that a new satellite -- as well as the communications systems needed to deliver ...

A Russian Soyuz launched rocketed into space Thursday with an upgraded weather satellite and several other small payloads destined for a variety of missions.

A ULA Atlas 5 rocket is poised to launch a new weather satellite Sunday for the U.S. military.

NASA has launched the nation's newest weather satellite.

The world's first weather satellite, TIROS-1, launched 50 years ago,and changed the world.

The next-generation of Europe's polar orbiting weather satellites will fly as pairs.

... NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) climate and weather satellite have been successfully integrated, according to NASA officials ... spacecraft and is performing the integration and checkout of the NPP satellite. The CrIS mechanical, electrical and performance testing ...

A new European weather satellite passed a vacuum test to prove it is fit for the rigors of space, officials announced.

U.S. Senate appropriators on Sept. 16 passed a defense spending bill that would put the brakes on the Defense Department's plans to begin development of a new weather satellite constellation in 2011.