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Space Force Accepts New Weather Satellite, Eyes Commercial Options

April 25, 2025 | By Greg Hadley
The Space Force is ready to start using its newest weather satellite after finishing testing and achieving initial operational capability, the service announced April 24. 

As Its Last Weather Satellites Age, DOD Works on Plans for a New Generation

Nov. 21, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Up-to-date information on the weather is important for many people’s jobs. For the Air Force and the broader U.S. military, it can be absolutely critical. Key to formulating that weather information are a small number of satellites from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)—which dates ...

Space-Based Environmental Monitoring for Today’s Military

Nov. 2, 2023
Successful environmental monitoring requires a broad range of sensors operating in the air, at sea, on land, and in space.

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