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we don't always think about that but we

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depend on weather data every day

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in the morning we make a decision on

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what to wear or whether we should take

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an umbrella or maybe even decide not to

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drive because there is a warning for icy

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on a bigger scale weather data helps

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improve the efficiency in many sectors

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of the us economy saving industry and

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the general public at least five billion

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dollars per year

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the national oceanic and atmospheric

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administration known as noaa

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owns and operates weather satellites

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built and launched by nasa that help

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save lives and resources

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since 1960 noaa has operated a fleet of

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polar orbiting environmental satellites

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called pose

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complemented by the higher altitude

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geostationary operational environmental

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satellites known as goes

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together these two satellite

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constellations are advancing mankind's

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ability to see the whole earth

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continuously and predict severe weather

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events with greater accuracy

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in 2009 nasa will launch noaa and prime

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operated by noaa and prime will be the

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last in the television infrared

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noaa m prime is going to give us data

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the same as we've been getting it in the

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past but its main role is continuity of

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service and to restore some of the uh

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degraded instruments that we've had so

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we're looking forward to a fresh

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satellite that has a hundred percent of

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everything working and also help uh else

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continue our services until the next

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generation of imposed satellites that

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are ready so we need this satellite to

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last for at least three years

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continuously delivered satellite weather

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data provides the building blocks for

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far-reaching climate and research

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programs

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data provided by noaa's weather

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satellites has many government

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commercial and humanitarian applications

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to name a few search and rescue

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instruments carried on noaa's weather

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satellites help save lives every day

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scientists can monitor the vegetation

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index to know whether crops are in

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stress and need water

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farmers rely on the weather forecast to

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know when they should plant and harvest

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the crops

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fishermen use weather data to decide

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when and where to fish

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tracking migratory animals endangered

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volcanic eruptions forest fires and

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icebergs are also a function of noaa's

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weather satellites

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ships take advantage of information

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provided about ocean currents streams

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and even icebergs to save fuel and

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charge safe routes

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weather satellites provide critical

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space environment data that warns

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astronauts about high solar activity so

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they can seek shelter in their space

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station

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well these satellites that noaa has nasa

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they don't just benefit the u.s they

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benefit everyone in the world these

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satellites over the last 50 years since

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the abilities on all fronts and everyone

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has benefited just in so many areas the

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september 9 1900

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a devastating category 4 storm hits

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galveston texas without a warning

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galveston has been the scene of one of

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the greatest catastrophes in the world's

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history the situation looked desperate

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back then weather satellites were still

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an impossible dream

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the lack of timely and accurate warning

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meant the difference between survival

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within these last 19 months

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at least 45 satellites have circled the

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some 40 of them were made in the united

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transit satellites are helping our ships

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to steer a safer course

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entire satellites have given us

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unprecedented warnings of hurricanes and

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storms

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and will do the same for forest fires

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the first weather satellite tyros1 was

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launched on april 1st 1960 from cape

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the satellite weighed 122 kilograms and

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carried two tv cameras and two video

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recorders the first picture was of

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clouds was pretty rough and it was

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actually classified and rushed down to

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with the advance of science and

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technology we can now be fairly certain

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that a galveston storm will never be a

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surprise again

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the microwave instruments on board noaa

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n prime are so sensitive that they can

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see earth's surface through the clouds

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as it orbits at 860 kilometers above

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earth's atmosphere

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noaa n prime sends near real-time data

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for evolving severe weather formations

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this up to the minute data is crucial to

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many remote parts of the world where

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satellite data is the only source of

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information on developing weather

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being a polar orbiting satellite and

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orbiting the earth once every 102

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minutes a huge advantage of noaa and

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prime is that it sees what's developing

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on the other side of earth thus giving

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an advanced warning prior to severe

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weather reaching land

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we need to let people know right away

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that there's a solar flare coming

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there's this hurricane there's this

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tornado line of outbreak heading your

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way or there's some winter squalls or

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some lake effect snows coming off the

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great lakes these are all things that we

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need to let people know you know today

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or as soon as possible that that's going

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to happen what's in the future

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a tri-agency effort between the national

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oceanic and atmospheric administration

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the department of defense and nasa

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will result in the launch of a next

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generation highly advanced environmental

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watch system called enpose which will

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unite the present civilian and military

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polar orbiting programs into one