At 22,300 miles above the Earth you’ll find the most advanced NOAA weather forecasting technology ever deployed – the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R (GOES-R) Series. As a joint effort with NASA, the GOES-R series represents a quantum leap in forecasting technology with L3Harris’ Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) as the primary payload.
In 2017, before ABI was even declared operational, it sent stunning imagery of Hurricane Harvey as it was hurtling toward Texas and Louisiana. Since then, ABI continues to capture imagery that “wows.” ABI’s ability to scan the full Western Hemisphere every 10 minutes while simultaneously scanning the continental United States every five minutes and more localized areas as often as every 30 seconds has enabled NOAA to not only improve weather warnings for hurricanes but for other natural disasters.
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Learn more about NOAA’s and L3Harris’ shared 50-year legacy https://www.l3harris.com/50-year-legacy-advancing-weather-forecasting-noaa
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