As the Space Force moves forward with plans to modernize its weather satellite architecture, it’s working closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to share data and leverage the agency’s modeling and validation tools, officials told lawmakers in a Jan. 13 hearing.
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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.
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 ...
Successful environmental monitoring requires a broad range of sensors operating in the air, at sea, on land, and in space.