There are two main types of weather satellite – polar and geostationary. Both see the same part of the Earth every 12 hours and send back images to be processed into a weather forecast. One of these is the European operated geostationary Meteosat which ideally sits over the Greenwich meridian to observe the weather systems […]
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Weather satellites provide information on land and ocean conditions that helps meteorologists forecast severe weather, such as hurricanes. They also help predict air and water temperatures, wind speeds, and wave heights. Weather satellites are part of a global constellation of Earth-observing satellites that now includes 545 satellites, up from 49 in 1990. This increase in
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