• GOES-13 satellite reactivated after micrometeor hit

    NOAA officially returned the GOES-13 spacecraft to normal operations at 15:45 UTC on June 10, 2013 after it spent two and a half weeks in safe mode. Tests showed that the arm for the solar array panel was likely hit by a micrometeoroid on May 22, 2013

  • Tropical Storm Andrea tracked by GOES East satellite

    NOAA's GOES East satellite has captured imagery of the storms development in Gulf of Mexico in period from June 4-6, 2013. 

     

    Source: VFS

    Featured image: Visible satellite image of TS Andrea by GOES East at 13:15 UTC on June 5,