In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year […]

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In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration intends to dramatically increase commercial weather data purchases, Taylor Jordan, Commerce Department assistant secretary for environmental observation and prediction, said Jan. […]

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SAN FRANCISCO — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s latest space weather observatory has reached Lagrange point 1. The Space Weather Follow On — Lagrange 1 executed its final engine […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is keeping close tabs on the cost of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The Geostationary and Extended Operations (GeoXO) […]

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SAN FRANCISCO – A Jan. 13 hearing underscored the importance of ongoing collaboration between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. armed services. U.S. Air Force and […]

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The White House issued a sweeping executive order on space policy Dec. 18 covering topics from NASA’s exploration plans to space security.

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A Falcon 9 launched a “cosmic carpool” of spacecraft for NASA and NOAA Sept. 24 that will study the sun and its role in space weather.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Lynker Space is working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to offer space-weather forecasts tailored for operators of power grids and other elements of U.S. critical […]

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The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nomination of Neil Jacobs to lead NOAA as that agency’s top satellite official remains on administrative leave.

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The head of the satellite division at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been placed on administrative leave for undisclosed reasons.

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The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.

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SAN FRANCISCO – A White House budget proposal calls for replacing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s future geostationary satellite constellation, GeoXO, with a far less expensive and ambitious program. […]

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The White House’s budget proposal for NOAA would seek to make major changes in a weather satellite program as well as transfer other space programs.

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NEW: This story was updated May 14 to include Space Force civilian figures. This story was updated March 10 to include layoffs at NASA. The White House and the newly […]

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BAE Systems won a $230.6 million contract to deliver spacecraft for NOAA's Lagrange 1 Series space weather project.

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After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO and chief scientist at Space Environment Technologies, is reconsidering a […]

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A decade ago, startups raising money to launch commercial weather satellites were convinced they had a goldmine on their hands because they could improve forecasting models. The problem? NOAA spent […]

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NEW ORLEANS – In addition to purchasing global datasets, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans to pay a premium for observations of oil spills or other events. For […]

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio won a $26.1 million contract to build a space weather instrument for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. […]

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The company won a $5.3 million contract with options for four additional years, bringing the potential total value to $13.3 million

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SAN FRANCISCO – The San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) won a $60 million contract to build three coronagraphs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Under the contract, awarded Nov. […]

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SAN FRANCISCO — The University of New Hampshire, Durham, will build sensors to study solar winds under a $24.3 million contract announced Oct. 24. The Solar Wind Plasma Sensor contract, […]

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SAN FRANCISCO — Firefly Aerospace won a contract to launch Quicksounder, a prototype for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s next-generation of environmental satellites in low-Earth orbit. The value of […]

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