The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. government agency focused on science-based services and environmental intelligence. Within the space industry, NOAA plays a vital role in monitoring and forecasting space weather through its Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). NOAA operates a network of satellites, including the GOES and DSCOVR, to track solar activity and its potential impacts on Earth, providing alerts and warnings to various sectors like satellite operations, power grids, and communication systems. NOAA collaborates with NASA and commercial partners on space weather programs like the Space Weather Next program, ensuring continuous space-based observations.
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Taylor Jordan will continue to serve as assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and prediction at NOAA.
L3Harris produces the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), a key instrument on NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites.
NOAA 14274 was the most active region of 2025 and a key contributor to Solar Cycle 25.
Observers used four fast cameras on the upgraded High resolution Fast Imager at GREGOR to scan a grid of 7 by 4 pointings across NOAA 14274 in about 14 minutes.
Active region NOAA 14274 produced 135 C class, 15 M class, and 5 X class flares during its transit across the visible solar disk on 10 and 11 November 2025.
Under a contract announced in early September 2025, NOAA agreed to pay about 11.2 million dollars over one year for satellite weather data from Spire.
The result was a G4 geomagnetic storm on NOAA's five-point scale.
Mustafa Aksoy is leading the development of machine-learning algorithms for NOAA to detect and remove radio frequency interference from satellite measurements.
Aksoy was selected by NOAA to develop strategies for detecting and mitigating RFI.
Spire's weather data informs agencies such as NOAA, NASA, and EUMETSAT for global weather prediction and Earth system analysis.
UAlbany was awarded a two-year, $1.1 million grant to develop radio frequency interference detection and mitigation strategies for future NOAA satellites.
The next generation imager for the NOAA GeoXO program will deliver more detailed data to forecasters and provide advance warning of severe weather.
L3Harris Technologies has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the next generation imager for the NOAA GeoXO program.
The development of GeoXO is being undertaken as part of a contract with NASA, in support of NOAA.
The Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission is a collaboration between NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA.
Sentinel-6 is noted as a significant example of successful cooperation among Eumetsat, the European Union, NASA, NOAA, and CNES, continuing a legacy of sea level measurement missions that began in the early 1990s.
Through this mission, Europe consolidates its leadership in Earth observation and emphasizes the importance of international cooperation among ESA, NASA, NOAA, and Eumetsat.
Earlier this week, two strong X-type solar flares from solar active region NOAA 14274 generated two CMEs, arriving at Earth and triggering a geomagnetic storm of intensity G4.
NOAA has a G3 watch in effect, indicating a strong chance of a geomagnetic storm disrupting Earth's magnetic field and communications.
If NOAA raises the watch level to G4, there is a higher likelihood of widespread issues with electrical, communications, and spacecraft operations on Earth.