Eric Hendrickson<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NOAA</span></a> launched the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GOES18" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOES18</span></a> weather satellite in March of 2022.</p><p>It officially went live today, January 4, 2023. The first image released under it’s new official name GOES-WEST is of a massive bomb cyclone bearing down on California!</p><p>This amazing in-orbit instrument carries state-of-the-art cameras for high-resolution visible and infrared imaging, lightning detection, and other sensors to monitor “space” weather, like solar flares.</p><p>Congrats, NOAA!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GOESWEST" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOESWEST</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WeatherSatellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WeatherSatellite</span></a> <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CaliforniaWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CaliforniaWx</span></a></p>