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weather satellite

American  
weather satellite Cultural  
  1. An artificial satellite that revolves around the Earth and detects and reports weather patterns on the Earth's surface.


Etymology

Origin of weather satellite

First recorded in 1955–60

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This image was created by mixing the 16 bands monitored by the GOES-18 weather satellite to encode land masses, oceans and atmospheric features as different colours.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

SpaceX is planning to launch a weather satellite into low Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base during a 10-minute window set to begin at 7:25 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

That will leave one instrument, on the NOAA-20 weather satellite.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 4, 2024

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China's main contractor for its space programme, said the weather satellite Fengyun 3G had successfully launched from the northwestern province of Gansu at 9:36 a.m.

From Reuters • Apr. 16, 2023

One month after that, our nation’s first weather satellite went up.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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