GOES-13 moved from US to India

[rdale]

This is a first! The old GOES-EAST (13) satellite moved to over the Indian Ocean and has been converted to an IR-only weather satellite for DOD.

USSF and NOAA Begin Joint Operations of Infrared Weather Satellite

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The U.S. Space Force has declared Initial Operational Capability of the Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary (EWS-G1) spacecraft. EWS-G1, formerly

www.losangeles.af.mil

 

[Jeff Duda]

Fascinating!

 

[Boris Konon]

Will this satellie data be made available on NOAAPort for all to access?

 

[Drew Terril]

That's a good way to repurpose old equipment, rather than DOD buying their own versions and spending who knows how much money to send it up into orbit. I'm all for repurposing equipment if it still works.

 

[rdale]

Will this satellie data be made available on NOAAPort for all to access?

I don't see any indication in the releases - is there much international DOD satellite data on there already?