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Defense Department to end satellite data programs used for storm forecasts
With the peak hurricane season looming, forecasters will be without key information starting Monday because the Defense ...
With hurricane season brewing, Pentagon stops sharing satellite weather data
Hurricane experts have already raised alarms about the effect the Trump administration's slashing of science budgets could ...
Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season—meteorologist explains why it matters
About 600 miles off the west coast of Africa, large clusters of thunderstorms begin organizing into tropical storms every ...
Pentagon to stop sharing crucial data that helped NWS forecast Hurricane Helene in Tennessee and North Carolina
The Department of Defense announced that it will end the sharing of some satellite data that helps in hurricane forecast.
Major hurricane forecasting tool shut down as Gulf storm season heats up
John Cangialosi, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center, inspects a satellite image of Hurricane Beryl, ...
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SpaceX scores $81.6 million Space Force contract to launch weather satellite
WASHINGTON — SpaceX has secured an $81.6 million contract to launch a U.S. military weather-monitoring satellite in 2027. The ...
Vital hurricane satellites to go dark weeks into Atlantic storm season— and NOAA rips media for causing panic
A NOAA spokesperson clarified that a microwave instrument on another satellite will still provide crucial readings.