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Re:Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth by sp332 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:23AM (#15228013)
GOES-16 was just launched in November last year. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/witness-the-firepowe... There are 3 more of them scheduled for the next 20 years.
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Re:Watching Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia From Above Earth by gogoengie on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @01:34PM (#15229359)
Amazing comparison of Hurricane Irma from the new GOES-16 vs the old GOES-13:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QCJlBDAK80

The performance jump in capture time and resolution blew me away. Really exciting to see it coming on-line.

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