NASA just launched a weather satellite that's supposed to 'revolutionize' forecasting
NASA successfully launched a new generation of weather satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Saturday night, hailing a new era in weather forecasting. "This is a quantum leap," said Sandra Cauffman, deputy director of Earth Sciences at NASA. "It will truly revolutionize weather forecasting."
LIFTOFF! @NOAA's #GOESR next-generation weather satellite has launched from @NASAKennedy! Watch: https://t.co/f1K1MFG4sN pic.twitter.com/JOS2JhOIkB
— NASA (@NASA) November 19, 2016
The new GOES-R satellite differs from its predecessors in that it can take a high-resolution image of an entire hemisphere of the Earth every five minutes while simultaneously focusing on specific weather events. Previous satellites took 30 minutes to take the same photo and could not multi-task.