Aging weather satellites receiving much needed upgrades

NASA's 50-year-old geosynchronous weather satellites are getting a much-needed $10 billion upgrade thanks to a program managed by NOAA called the Joint Polar Satellite System, in which satellites will orbit the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole 14 times per day, at 512 miles above the earth.

Aging weather satellites receiving much needed upgrades

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