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Spare Weather Satellite Proves Its Worth

When the GOES-East weather satellite went dark in September 2012, a back-up satellite orbiting nearby sprang into action.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon with data courtesy of the NASA/NOAA GOES Project Science team. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published October 12, 2012
Data acquired September 15, 2012

Source:
GOES