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GaN Radar System: How It Powers America’s Missile Defense in Alaska In the heart of Alaska, at Clear Space Force Station, stands one of the most powerful radar systems ever built—the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR). It plays a critical […]
On June 6, 2025, NOAA-18 was officially decommissioned after nearly 20 years in orbit. A critical transmitter failure ended its ability to send data, marking the close of a long career in global weather and climate monitoring. Users are now directed to rely on newer satellites like NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 for continued Earth observation.
Satellite RF communication has come a long way since its inception. At first, it was all beeps and signals in space, but now it’s the backbone of our global communication infrastructure, enabling everything from television broadcasts to internet connectivity. In […]
An international team led by Chinese astronomers has discovered a new type of fast radio burst, brief but bright flashes in the expanding universe that mysteriously keep exploding about once every 10 to 15 minutes. Persistent fast radio burst named FRB 20190520B was discovered on May 20, 2019 by Niu Chenhui, a post-doctoral […]
May 11, 2022, NOAA shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from its GOES-18 satellite. The satellite’s Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument recently captured stunning views of Earth. GOES-18, NOAA’s newest geostationary satellite, launched on March 1. The ABI views Earth with […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Harris Corporation a three-year, $284 million contract extension for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) ground segment. This extension aimed to modernize the ground-computing infrastructure, reduce the IT footprint, and lay […]