weather satellite

American  

noun

1. meteorological satellite.

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weather satellite Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of weather satellite

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

This is where weather satellites come to the rescue.

From Space Scoop

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

The agencies announced this week that they will soon launch GOES-U, the last in their series of four advanced weather satellites, which provide continuous monitoring of much of the Western Hemisphere.

From Los Angeles Times

Four of its instruments are on the aging Aqua and Terra satellites, which have only a few years of life left; the fifth is on a weather satellite likely to expire this decade.

From Science Magazine

The model also estimates CH4 leakages based on detections of gas flaring by U.S. weather satellites and direct CH4 emissions spotted by instruments mounted on planes and the International Space Station.

From Science Magazine