Sky Spies: The Ultimate Guide to Weather Satellites Tracking Storms, Saving Lives, and Monitoring Climate
NASA’s TIROS-1 launched in 1960, transmitting over 19,000 cloud images in 78 days and proving satellite weather observation. By mid-2025, more than 300 Earth observation satellites are in orbit, including advanced systems like GOES-16, Himawari-8/9, and FY-4A, providing rapid, high-resolution data. The World Meteorological Organization coordinates global satellite data exchange, with most data freely shared.
