GOES-15 releases first image

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GOES-15 releases first image

#1 Postby cycloneye » Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:11 pm

Looks nitid the first image of this new sattelite.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories201 ... oes15.html

GOES-15, launched on March 4, 2010, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., joins three other NOAA operational GOES spacecraft that help the agency's forecasters track life-threatening weather – from tornadoes, floods and hurricanes -- and solar activity that can impact the satellite-based electronics and communications industry.

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#2 Postby Cyclenall » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:32 pm

It looks better as a full disk image but is the GOES-15 better than the previous satellites? I mean other aspects other than resolution.
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Re: GOES-15 releases first image

#3 Postby MGC » Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:31 pm

Nice picture. I believe GOES-15 is the last of the latest GOES. The GOES-R series will double the resolution and be able to take images at a much faster rate, like one every 30 seconds for a particular storm. The R series bird won't be operational until at least 2017.......MGC
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