SATELLITES & CUBESATS

Scientists from the Andøya Space Centre are working on a new satellite called Aeolus. This mission carries revolutionary laser technology to measure the wind around the entire globe. Lofted into orbit in August 2018 on a Vega rocket from French Guiana, Aeolus has only just begun its life in space. Engineers are now busy commissioning the mission to ensure that it will soon be ready to deliver novel data on winds. This will be used to improve our understanding of the atmosphere and to improve weather forecasts.

For its sixth launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center (CSG): Horizons 3e, installed as the upper passenger, for Intelsat and its partner SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation; along with Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38, as the lower passenger, for Azercosmos and Intelsat. With this 300th mission of its three-member launcher family – and the 100th utilizing the European-developed heavy-lift Ariane 5 – Arianespace once again serves the ambitions of leading satellite operators, both globally and regionally. Liftoff is planned on Tuesday, September 25, 2018: Between 5:53 p.m. and 6:38 p.m., Washington, D.C. time Between 6:53 p.m. and 7:38 p.m., Kourou, French Guiana time Between 21:53 and 22:38., Universal Time (UTC) Between 11:53 p.m. and 12:38 a.m., Paris time during the night of September 25- 26 Between 1:53 a.m and 2:38 a.m, Baku time on September 26, 2018 Between 6:53 a.m. and 7:38 a.m., Tokyo time on September 26, 2018 Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

For its sixth launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center (CSG): Horizons 3e, installed as the upper passenger, for Intelsat and its partner SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation; along with Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38, as the lower passenger, for Azercosmos and Intelsat. With this 300th mission of its three-member launcher family – and the 100th utilizing the European-developed heavy-lift Ariane 5 – Arianespace once again serves the ambitions of leading satellite operators, both globally and regionally. Liftoff is planned on Tuesday, September 25, 2018: Between 5:53 p.m. and 6:38 p.m., Washington, D.C. time Between 6:53 p.m. and 7:38 p.m., Kourou, French Guiana time Between 21:53 and 22:38., Universal Time (UTC) Between 11:53 p.m. and 12:38 a.m., Paris time during the night of September 25- 26 Between 1:53 a.m and 2:38 a.m, Baku time on September 26, 2018 Between 6:53 a.m. and 7:38 a.m., Tokyo time on September 26, 2018 Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

The launch of #PSLV-C42 is scheduled on September 16, 2018 from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, #Sriharikota. This mission is designed to launch two earth observation satellites, #NovaSAR and #S1-4 (together weighing nearly 889 kg) of M/s Surrey Satellite Technologies Limited (SSTL), United Kingdom under commercial arrangement with Antrix Corporation Limited, Department of Space. Both satellites are planned to be launched into a 583 km Sun Synchronous Orbit. NovaSAR is a #S-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite intended for forest mapping, land use & ice cover monitoring, flood & disaster monitoring. S1-4 is a high resolution Optical Earth Observation Satellite, used for surveying resources, environment monitoring, urban management and for the disaster monitoring. #ISRO, #PSLV-C42,

Not sure why YouTube refuses to encode in higher than 360p -- But we have a 4K Vimeo Link here: https://vimeo.com/285871609 ----- Emory Stagmer (@VAXHeadroom) and Craig Elder join us in studio to talk about the recent SmallSat conference and what the big deal about small satellites actually is. Launch Minute Delta 4 Heavy Launches Parker Solar Probe Space News NANODIAMONDS in space Cosmonauts play "Toss the CubeSat" Earth material more common than we thought If you would like to continue the conversation we have a few great ways to do that: - Comment right here on YouTube. We'll comment back or even feature it in the show - Create a new post on our community forum at https://community.tmro.tv - Head over to our real-time Discord channel here: https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD

On Aug. 19, 1997, the Philippines launched its own satellite for the first time. Before then, the country's only communications satellite was one that had been purchased from Indonesia after it was already in orbit. One year later, the Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation sent their own satellite into orbit using a Chinese Long March 3B rocket. The new satellite was named Agila-2 in honor of the great Philippine eagle. To this day, it provides the most powerful satellite coverage in Asia and the Pacific. In 2009, the Philippines sold it to the Asia Broadcast Satellite company.

US military analysts are concerned by Russian military satellites exhibiting strange behavior. CNN's Brian Todd reports.

The U.S. is drawing attention to "very abnormal" behavior by a Russian satellite, right as the White House pushes for a U.S. Space Force. Learn more about this story at www.newsy.com/82618/ Find more videos like this at www.newsy.com Follow Newsy on Facebook: www.facebook.com/newsyvideos Follow Newsy on Twitter: www.twitter.com/newsy

NASA-JPL engineer Anne Marinan is among the first to send CubeSats into deep space with the Mars Cube One (MarCO) mission. These twin spacecraft may be small but Anne has big hopes for how they could change the future of exploration. NASA MarCO is a flyby technology demonstration that, if successful, will provide NASA the ability to quickly transmit status information about the Mars InSight lander as it descends to the Red Planet in November 2018. While InSight won't rely on MarCO for communications, MarCO will blaze a trail for a class of miniature spacecraft called CubeSats. Learn more about MarCO at: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php Keep up with InSight at: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight

Growing up, NASA-JPL engineer Farah Alibay didn't have a role model who was an engineer and a woman of color. Now, she hopes she can play that role for the next generation as Mars Cube One (MarCO) — a pair of experimental CubeSats — attempt to get to Mars and help the InSight lander communicate with Earth. NASA MarCO is a flyby technology demonstration that, if successful, will provide NASA the ability to quickly transmit status information about the Mars InSight lander as it descends to the Red Planet in November 2018. While InSight won't rely on MarCO for communications, MarCO will blaze a trail for a class of miniature spacecraft called CubeSats. Learn more about MarCO at: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php Keep up with InSight at: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight

Iris will provide a safe and secure text-based data link between pilots and air traffic control (ATC) networks using satellite technology. The programme is developed under a public-private partnership between ESA and Inmarsat, and will help relieve pressure on the aviation sector's congested radio frequency communication channels. It will so as part of the European Commission’s Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) masterplan to modernise Europe's air traffic management. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe

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Galileo is Europe’s own global satellite navigation system, consisting of both the satellites in space and their associated ground infrastructure. These latest four Galileo satellites will bring the constellation in orbit up to 26 satellites.

Europe’s homegrown civilian satellite navigation system, Galileo, will reach completion with the launch of four new satellites today. Blast off will be at 13:25 CET when an Ariane five rocket carrying the satellites will depart from French Guiana. The new additions will bring the total number in orbit to twenty-six, meaning that by the end of the year the EU’s version of GPS will be in full operation.

SpaceX launched a satellite for the Canadian communications company Telesat atop a "Block 5" variant of the two-stage Falcon 9 rocket at 1:50 a.m. EDT on July 22, 2018. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/41244-spacex-launches-communications-satellite-telesat.html Credit: SpaceX

NASA EDGE interviews Dragonfly Program Manager Jennifer Dawson about the latest developments in robotic assembly in space, and how having this flexibility allows NASA and its partners to think differently about building and operating structures in space. For more information on the specific missions visit the NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/irma/index.html

Small satellite has an immense capability to change the life of billions of people on earth. They provide a cost-effective platform for science investigations, new technology demonstrations and advanced mission concepts using constellations, swarms disaggregated systems. Watch an exclusive interview with Christopher Richins, Co-founder and CEO of RBC Signals explaining opportunities and regulations related to small sats.

On June 15, 2011, Iran launched satellite Rasad-1 into orbit around Earth. Rasad-1 (the name means Observation 1 in Farsi) is an imaging satellite that was sent into a 162-mile orbit by an Iranian Safir rocket. This was Iran's third satellite and the second to be launched successfully by an indigenous rocket. Rasad-1 made about 15 orbits per day, and sent back pictures to Earth. This feat raised concerns among those who feared Iran's intentions concerning its nuclear development program.

Satellites are a valuable tool for monitoring Earth’s oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of our planet. This visualization shows 2017 sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean using data from NOAA’s satellites.

5G, the next generation of communication services, will deliver ultra-fast speeds, connect all people and devices to the internet and minimise delays. It will affect everybody, changing the way we communicate, work and interact with technology. Space has an invaluable role to play in the 5G ecosystem. Satellites can extend, enhance, and provide reliability and security to 5G like no other, helping to deliver its promise of global, ubiquitous connectivity, with no noticeable difference to the end-user. ESA’s Satellite for 5G (S45G) programme aims promote the value-added benefits of space to 5G, by developing and demonstrating integrated satellite- and terrestrial-based 5G services, across multiple markets and use cases. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Learn more: http://bit.ly/5GSatellliteESA

On April 15, 2005, NASA launched a spacecraft on a mission to rendezvous with a small communications satellite. The launch went according to plan, but the mission ended abruptly when the spacecraft collided with the satellite. The mission was known as DART, which is short for Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology. Its objective was to demonstrate that a fully automated and uncrewed spacecraft could rendezvous with another spacecraft in orbit. But the two spacecraft were not supposed to make contact. When DART approached its target, it ran out of fuel and inadvertently bumped into it. Investigators determined that DART's thrusters had been firing excessively because of a problem with its navigation system. It was a soft collision, and neither of the spacecraft were noticeably damaged.

The loss of a multi-billion-dollar satellite this past January is being attributed to engineering and testing errors made by aerospace and defense firm Northrop Grumman Corporation, according to a recently concluded investigation. As the Wall Street Journal reports, a payload adapter modified by Northrop Grumman failed to operate properly during deployment, causing the $3.5 billion satellite to stay attached to the second stage Falcon 9 rocket during its descent stage. After a brief period in space, the spy satellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, likely splashing down somewhere in the Indian Ocean. https://gizmodo.com/northrop-grumman-blamed-for-loss-of-mysterious-zuma-spy-1825115280 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

A revolutionary atmospheric satellite concept uses the principles behind kitesurfing to cruise the sky without propulsion. NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) known as the Dual-Aircraft Platform, a new approach to keeping atmospheric satellites aloft. To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic please visit: http://bit.ly/2ACdz0o This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and far-reaching aerospace program, one that has the potential to create breakthrough technologies for possible future space missions. However, such early stage technology developments may never become actual NASA missions. For more information about NIAC, visit: www.nasa.gov/niac.

Using satellite imaging, Penn State researchers for the first time identified a major magma supply into a reservoir extending almost two miles from the crater of a volcano in Nicaragua. This shows that volcanoes can be fed magma through nearby underground channels and could help explain how volcanoes can erupt seemingly without warning because the active center of the volcano exhibits little deformation activity.

There is an estimated 7,000 tons of junk orbiting the Earth. The Surray Space Center wants to clean it up, so they designed a satellite called RemoveDebris. It will test cheap methods of picking up litter in space. The satellite will go up into space and deploy artificial space junk. It can use nets or harpoons to capture the junk. Finally, the satellite will enter Earth's atmosphere and while it's dragged down the junk will burn up. Where does space debris come from? Debris comes from old bits of rocket, disused satellites, or debris from collusions. Space debris is a major threat to space assets. The Internet, GPS, and weather tracking all use satellites and RemoveDebris could keep them same from junk. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER: https://twitter.com/techinsider INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tech_insider/

You might not know it, but there are thousands of human-made satellites orbiting the Earth! They help us do everything from study the climate to make phone calls, and there are even some satellites that people can live on! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow SOURCES: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-satellite-k4.html https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/solarsystem/moons https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/space-weapons/what-are-satellites-used-for#bf-toc-5 https://www.livescience.com/39678-incredible-tech-track-hurricanes.html https://www.space.com/24839-satellites.html https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-the-iss-k4.html

Cubesats, low-cost, bite-sized satellites inspired by the tubes used to hold Beanie Babies, were invented in 1999 as educational tools. Now, aerospace suppliers and governments across the globe see the tools as the future of space commercialization and deep space exploration. Some say the tiny satellites could even fend off an asteroid attack. But there’s still one big problem: CubeSats can’t move once they’re in space -- which limits their survival and makes them dangerous. Paulo Lozano, director of the Space Propulsion Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is leading the way in the development of mini thrusters for CubeSats. To understand how his invention works, you'll need a few drops of water and a fuzzy sweater. For more: Creators: Nsikan Akpan Matt Ehrichs Video Editor: Matt Ehrichs Producers: Jenny Marder Richard Coolidge Patti Parson Sara Just Nick Massella Graphics: Adam Sarraf Special Thanks: Priscilla Shanks Deep See Films LLC Music (via Free Music Archive): “Bell Club” by Podington Bear “Tomie’s Bubbles” by Candlegravity “Bounce” by Evan Schaeffer “Lips” by Plurabelle “Clockwork Outro” by Parvus Decree “Closer to the Sun” by Rest You Sleeping Giant “The Break” by Monplaisir

NOAA's GOES-16 satellite has a new view of Earth, here is our first sunrise imagery from the satellite's operational GOES East position. Notice anything different about this perspective? NOAA's GOES-16 satellite is now transmitting data from its new operating position, at 75.2 degrees west, the previous GOES-16 imagery we have been sharing was from its 89.3 degrees west location where it went through testing. See more amazing satellite imagery check out our website: https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/ Connect with NOAA Satellites' Social Media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOAANESDIS/

GOES-R Series satellites keep an eye on Earth’s weather from orbit 22,000 miles above. But how does your local weather forecaster know what a satellite sees? Learn how data from satellites in the GOES-R Series are used for your local weather forecast in this animated video. Credit: NOAA/NASA SciJinks

How do GOES-R Series satellites gets from Colorado, where they’re built, to Kennedy Space Center for launch? Watch this fun video to learn more about a GOES-R Series satellite’s travels from construction to orbit! Credit: NOAA/NASA SciJinks

From weather and hazards on Earth to search and rescue and bursts of energy from the sun, GOES-R Series satellites see it all from 22,000 miles above our planet! Watch this fun animation that tells the story of a GOES-R Series satellite. Credit: NOAA/NASA SciJinks

Early on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 18, NASA successfully launched for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the first in a series of four advanced polar-orbiting satellites, equipped with next-generation technology and designed to improve the accuracy of U.S. weather forecasts out to seven days. The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California’s central coast. JPSS-1 data will improve weather forecasting and help agencies involved with post-storm recovery by visualizing storm damage and the geographic extent of power outages. This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2017_1118_NASA%20Launches%20NOAA%20Weather%20Satellite%20to%20Improve%20Forecasts.html

Behind every weather forecast—from your local, five-day prediction to a late-breaking hurricane track update—are the satellites that make them possible. Government agencies depend on observations from weather satellites to inform forecast models that help us prepare for approaching storms and identify areas that need evacuating or emergency first responders. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Elizabeth Willaman (Willaman Creative): Lead Producer Andrea S. Martin (SGT): Producer Kerri Cahoy (MIT): Scientist This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12771 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer

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Humans have launched hundreds of spy satellites, but the first ones required a little more creativity. How Close Are We? - https://www.facebook.com/HowCloseAreWe/videos/203889730150168/ Can Your Boss Spy On Your Internet Use? - https://youtu.be/st2qjZXspTk For more epic stories of innovation that shaped our future, check out https://www.theageofaerospace.com Read More: The First Spy Satellites Had to Drop Gigantic Buckets of Film Back to Earth https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/jpzpkg/the-first-spy-satellites-had-to-drop-gigantic-buckets-of-film-back-to-earth "For better or worse, we've grown accustomed to idea that we're under constant photo surveillance: there's a CCTV camera on every corner, a webcam on every computer, and a network of satellites capable of taking high resolution photos of the entire earth every day. But just 50 years ago, figuring out how to make high altitude photo surveillance happen was no small order." US Intel Chief Warns That Russia and China May Target American Satellites https://www.seeker.com/space/us-intel-chief-warns-that-russia-and-china-may-target-american-satellites "China and Russia are advancing directed-energy (laser) weapons technologies for the purpose of fielding ASAT systems 'that could blind or damage sensitive space-based optical sensors,' Coats said. 'Russia is developing an airborne laser weapon for use against US satellites.'" These Satellites Help Scientists Monitor Antarctica's Collapsing Ice Shelf https://www.seeker.com/earth/climate/these-satellites-help-scientists-monitor-antarcticas-collapsing-ice-shelf "The iceberg-to-be is hanging on by a thread, with just eight miles of solid ice standing in the way of a rift that's spent years carving through the ice. Scientists can track the growth of the crack with precision during the summer season by flying over it, but even during the dead of Antarctic night, they're still able to see it clearly thanks to eyes in the sky." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez

With NOAA’s revolutionary GOES-16 weather satellite in space and data flowing, the GOES-R team, a joint NOAA and NASA effort, set out to fine-tune and validate the satellite’s earth viewing instruments during what was known as the GOES-16 Field Campaign. During the two-month long campaign, teams of instrument scientists, meteorologists, and specialized pilots used a NASA high-altitude plane, ground-based sensors, and satellites to collect and compare measurements from across the United States. With life-saving warnings and revolutionary weather data on the line, NOAA’s newest and most advanced weather satellite must be as accurate as possible. From arid deserts and areas of dense vegetation, to open oceans and storms exhibiting lightning activity, the measurements collected covered nearly everything NOAA’s GOES satellites see from their orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth. The data sets from the instruments and sensors will be analyzed and compared to validate and calibrate the GOES-16 satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager and Geostationary Lightning Mapper. Credit: NASA Goddard Media Studios

There are almost 30,000 man-made objects orbiting Earth. Many are tiny pieces of rockets and satellites, while others are completely dead satellites not in use anymore. All of them pose risks to other spacecraft and satellites — and as access to space becomes more affordable, the risk of a chain reaction of satellites crashing into one another will continue to increase. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER: https://twitter.com/techinsider INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/businessinsider/ TUMBLR: http://businessinsider.tumblr.com/

Satellites are just computer-controlled machines in space, and they can be hacked, but is that always a bad thing? When A Satellite Goes Missing, What Can We Do? - https://youtu.be/oczMnjeRBHA Edge Of Space: Seeker VR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCve1w1GFOs Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI We got nominated for a People's Choice Webby! That means, you can help us win. Please, take a minute and vote for us here (thanks!): https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2017/film-video/general-film/vr-cinematic-or-pre-rendered Read More: Could Hackers Hijack the Space Station? http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2108215,00.html "In detailed testimony delivered on Thursday to a House subcommittee on investigations and oversight, NASA Inspector General Paul Martin painted a disturbing picture of an agency under electronic siege, with hackers from China, Italy, the U.K., Nigeria, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Estonia and the U.S. itself attempting increasingly brazen attacks on operations both on the ground and in space." China key suspect in U.S. satellite hacks http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-satellite-idUSTRE79R4O320111028 "The commission said its account was based largely on a May 12 U.S. Air Force briefing for the 12-member commission, which was set up by Congress in 2000 to report on U.S.-China trade's national security implications. Its final 2011 report is due to be sent to lawmakers on November 16. The satellites cited in the report are used for climate and terrain monitoring by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey. A Landsat-7 earth observation satellite, built by NASA for the USGS, experienced 12 or more minutes of interference in October 2007 and July 2008, the report said." Bid to 'reboot' aging NASA satellite is scuttled as fuel system fails http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-satellite-reboot-20140709-story.html "Unable to budge the probe from its current orbit around the sun, project engineers say they have switched the spacecraft to 'science mode' and will collect data from it for as long as they can -- perhaps a couple of months. After ISEE-3 makes a near Earth flyby on Aug. 10, the spacecraft will continue to orbit the sun and will pass by the Earth again in roughly 17 years." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

This video shows the view from from the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft cockpit before a flight over the Sonoran Desert coastline during the ABI validation flight on March 23. These flights are conducted in order to validate and calibrate NOAA's GOES-16 satellite. Credit: NASA

“Punch” or “hole streak” clouds are formed when part of a liquid water cloud glaciates, most likely due to interactions with an airplane. These clouds can be seen in this animation showing the sky over northern North Carolina on February 1, 2017. The visible imagery on the top half is from ABI aboard the recently launched GOES-16, while the visible imagery on the bottom is from the imager aboard GOES-13 (aka: GOES East). Credit: NOAA/NASA Note: This is preliminary, non-operational data as GOES-16 undergoes on-orbit testing.

This visible animation from GOES-16 shows the tornadic storms that swept through Louisiana yesterday, February 7, 2017. According to several news outlets, Louisiana remains in a state of emergency after the storms destroyed homes and businesses, disrupted power, and injured dozens of people in the southeastern part of the state. As this imagery illustrates, the high-resolution offered by GOES-16's Advanced Baseline Imager will allow forecasters to see meteorological phenomena in vivid detail. For example, in this loop, note how the top of the tornadic storm can be seen passing along the southern coast of Lake Pontchartrain. Credit: NOAA/NASA Note: This is preliminary, non-operational data as GOES-16 undergoes on-orbit testing.

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet working in the Kibo laboratory to prepare a CubeSat launch – at 30 times increased speed. This follows a previous video to prepare for the launch the CubeSats on 16 January 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzivMdd8bHQ. Thomas is installing the deployment system, the last step before the International Space Station's Japanese robotic arm takes over. The cylinder in the back is the mini-airlock that allows objects to be sent outside the Space Station. The CubeSats are on the slide table in four blocks. Thomas protects the airlock ring and works to hook up the satellites and protect them. He holds up a blue label to show ground control that it has been removed as planned. The video was recorded live so some parts of the video are missing due to the regular loss of signal when the International Space Station loses line of sight with its communication satellite. Thomas is spending six months on the International Space Station as part of his Proxima mission. During Proxima, Thomas will perform around 50 scientific experiments for ESA and France’s space agency CNES as well as take part in many research activities for the other Station partners. The mission is part of ESA’s vision to use Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a place to live and work for the benefit of European society while using the experience to prepare for future voyages of exploration further into the Solar System. Connect with Thomas Pesquet: http://thomaspesquet.esa.int Music: Heavenly Embrace 5 - Marc Jackson Burrows from Audio Network

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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet working in the Kibo laboratory to prepare a CubeSat launch – at 30 times increased speed. The cylinder in the back is the mini-airlock that allows objects to be sent outside the Space Station. First Thomas and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough retrieved the Robotics External Leak Locator and wrapped it up for storage. Afterwards Thomas installs the platform that the robotic arm grabs. The pointy bit is the connector for the robotic arm. This video was recorded in December 2016 and was the first step for launching the CubeSats on 16 January 2017. Later Thomas put the satellite launcher on the platform and a third step is to connect the satellites themselves. Thomas is spending six months on the International Space Station as part of his Proxima mission. During Proxima, Thomas will perform around 50 scientific experiments for ESA and France’s space agency CNES as well as take part in many research activities for the other Station partners. The mission is part of ESA’s vision to use Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a place to live and work for the benefit of European society while using the experience to prepare for future voyages of exploration further into the Solar System. Connect with Thomas Pesquet: http://thomaspesquet.esa.int Music: Dynamic Systems - Gledden / Pedder

To prepare for the massive data increase GOES-R will provide, scientists have been using GOES-14, a current geostationary satellite serving as an on-orbit back-up, to preform simulated "test runs" since 2012! At various times throughout the year, the satellite is placed into a rapid scan mode, known as SRSO-R, and captures an image every minute over two different areas of a storm or Earth’s surface. This simulates the future real-time storm-tracking and imagery of GOES-16 and is used to prepare forecasters for the type of detail they will see with the new satellite. While collected SRSO-R imagery, GOES-14 has seen some incredible things! This "Best of GOES-14" video is a compilation of the satellite's most impressive SRSO-R animations. Although this imagery is impressive, NOAA's GOES-16 will be able to take images of weather at twice this speed with even greater detail. This allows the satellite to show features in a storm's development that could otherwise be missed.

NOAA's GOES-R spacecraft separates from the Centaur upper stage at the conclusion of a successful launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

The first spacecraft in a new series of NASA-built advanced geostationary weather satellites launched into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Nov. 19 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Once in geostationary orbit, GOES-R will be known as GOES-16 and will provide images of weather patterns and severe storms as regularly as every five minutes or as frequently as every 30 seconds. These images can be used to aid in weather forecasts, severe weather outlooks, watches and warnings, lightning conditions, maritime forecasts and aviation forecasts.