NOAA’s New “Hurricane Eye in the Sky” and Key Weather Satellite Gets into Position
NOAA’s GOES-13 spacecraft today became the official GOES-EAST satellite, perched 22,300 miles above the equator in a prime location to spot potentially life-threatening weather affecting the eastern half of the nation, including tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.Read more http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100414_goes13.html