#DidYouKnow that over the past 50 years, @NOAA’s GOES satellites have tracked more than 1,200 named tropical storms and hurricanes? They have helped revolutionize how we study and forecast these powerful storms.

Learn more about the program's history: https://t.co/h0UP5134De

#50YearsOfGOES #GOESByTheNumbers

NOAA Satellites

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RT @NOAASatellites: #DidYouKnow that over the past 50 years, @NOAA’s GOES satellites have tracked more than 1,200 named tropical storms and hurricanes? They have helped revolutionize how we study and forecast these powerful storms.

Learn more about the program's history: https://t.co/h0UP5134De

#50YearsOfGOES #GOESByTheNumbers

NOAA Satellites - Public Affairs

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#DidYouKnow that @NOAA's geostationary GOES satellites orbit more than 22,000 miles above the equator at the same speed as the planet rotates? This allows them to stay over the same spot to provide continuous weather monitoring and #FullDisk views.

Learn more about the program's history: https://t.co/h0UP512wNG
#50YearsOfGOES #GOESByTheNumbers

NOAA Satellites

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#DidYouKnow that @NOAA's geostationary GOES satellites orbit the Earth at 7,000 miles per hour, yet still manage to stay fixed over one location to provide constant weather observations?

Learn more about the program's history: https://t.co/h0UP512wNG
#50YearsOfGOES
#GOESByTheNumbers

NOAA Satellites

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#DidYouKnow that @NOAA’s GOES-3 satellite stayed in service for 38 years (from 1978 all the way to 2016)?
That makes it the longest-operating GOES satellite!

Learn more about the program's history:
https://t.co/UFmXoBRSMc

#50YearsOfGOES #GOESByTheNumbers https://t.co/8oaX38hrXd

NOAA Satellites

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#DidYouKnow that @NOAA’s GOES satellites each weigh more than 11,000 pounds at launch?
That's roughly the average weight of an adult African elephant!

Learn more about the program's history: https://t.co/UFmXoBRSMc

#50YearsOfGOES
#GOESByTheNumbers https://t.co/fl3jixyVn3

NOAA Satellites

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#DidYouKnow that the first X-ray telescope to take a full disk image of the sun was onboard GOES-12, which launched in 2001? #FullDisk images show the entire spherical surface from a distant vantage point.

Learn more about the program's history: https://t.co/h0UP512wNG #50YearsOfGOES #GOESByTheNumbers

NOAA Satellites

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