The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been particularly important for understanding when a hurricane is about to ...

The Department of Defense's announcement that it would end a weather-data sharing program surprised some climate watchdogs ...

Europe’s meteorological agency Eumetsat has shared the result of an indicative vote that suggests it will go ahead with the ...

The decision to defer maintenance of the Joint Polar Satellite System threatens to degrade the accuracy of meteorological forecasts.

A NOAA spokesperson clarified that a microwave instrument on another satellite will still provide crucial readings.

Agency officials said Monday that NOAA would continue to maintain the Joint Polar Satellite System. A March 28 memo had outlined steps to put that work on hold. NOAA has backed off a plan that ...

A satellite image shows the effects of the polar vortex across mid-Atlantic states; snow and ice covers the land. NOAA Is another Polar Vortex coming?

NASA chose Elon Musk's SpaceX for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System 4 mission in 2027, valued at $112.7 million.

CLIMATEWIRE | NOAA has begun to limit the work it devotes to maintaining a pair of polar weather satellites — putting at risk the accuracy of both weather forecasts and extreme storm predictions ...