weather satellite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of weather satellite
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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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
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 • 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
China in 2007 also blew up a weather satellite with a missile, causing tens of thousands of orbiting debris pieces.
From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2022
One month after that, our nation’s first weather satellite went up.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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