Cosmic Chicago
Chicago's Independent Space News Outlet
Category: Space Weather
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NOAA GOES-East Satellite Captures Rare Illinois Dust Storm
Illinois is typically known for its snowstorms, not dust storms which commonly occur in the American Southwest or the Central Plains states. But on May 1, a dust storm captured by the GOES-East satellite caused a 72-car pileup on Interstate 55 just south of Springfield, IL. The cause of the crash was blowing dust from…
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NOAA Releases First Image from GOES-18 Weather Satellite
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released the first images from the GOES-18 weather satellite. The images were taken on May 5th and show the capabilities of the GOES Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) 16 channels. The first four are visible and near-infrared, and the next ten are infrared. Data from the ABI is…
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Mission Update: GOES-T Becomes GOES-18
GOES-T successfully launched atop a ULA Atlas V rocket on March 1, 2022. That evening the satellite was deployed into its transfer orbit, and mission managers confirmed that GOES-T was operating under its own power after deploying its solar array. On March 14th, GOES-T performed its final engine burn to place it in its final…
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Photos: GOES-T Launches from Cape Canaveral
A ULA Atlas V rocket launched the GOES-T weather satellite to orbit for NOAA and NASA from Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 1, 2022. These photos capture the launch and pre-launch activities. A ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T weather satellite for NASA and NOAA launches to orbit from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, March…
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GOES-T Launches to Orbit for NOAA and NASA
An Atlas V rocket launched the GOES-T weather satellite to space from Cape Canaveral at 3:38 pm CST today March 1st, 2022. The satellite is currently traveling through space on its way to orbit, which is about a three and a half hour mission after launch. Following the successful launch by ULA and NASA’s Launch…
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NOAA’s Next Weather Satellite is Ready for Liftoff: How to Watch the GOES-T Launch
NOAA is ready to launch the next weather satellite in its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites- R Series, called GOES-T to orbit. The GOES-T satellite is launching on a ULA Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on March 1st, 2022 at 3:38 p.m. CST. NASA will provide live launch coverage beginning…
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The Problem with GOES West
The GOES-West weather satellite has had problems ever since it reached orbit and went into operation in 2018. Meant to capture images and data that is critical to meteorologists and researchers, the malfunctions and flawed data have been of huge concern to the engineers and operators responsible for the satellite. Fortunately, the problem was identified,…
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Latest Chicago Snowfall Seen from GOES East Satellite
Clear skies allowed the latest Chicago snowfall to be seen from the GOES East satellite as a result of Thursday’s snowstorm. The snowfall can be seen in images as an elongated area stretching from northern Oklahoma into Illinois. The Chicago National Weather Service (NWS) office reports that Thursday’s storm officially dumped 2.9 inches of snow…
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Tonga Volcano Eruption Seen From Space, NASA Scientists Weigh in on the Power of the Volcanic Blast
By now, you have seen the images and video of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano explosion in the Pacific Ocean. Geostationary weather satellites in space captured some of the first images of the eruption. The Himawari-8 satellite operated by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) captured this view directly overhead of the eruption. Satellite based data showed the…
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GOES Satellite Shows New Year's Day Snow From Space
The New Year’s Day 2022 snowfall was the first widespread snowfall event for the area this winter season. Snow totals topped out at just over 6 inches in some areas. But snow in January is nothing new to the area. What is interesting about this event, and others over the years is that the snow…
