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weather satellite
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artificial satellite designed to monitor weather and climate
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It sits within the topics 1959 introductions, American inventions and Satellite meteorology.
Its subject is documented across 41 Wikipedia language editions.
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GOES-16, a United States weather satellite of the meteorological-satellite service
A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites are mainly of two types: polar orbiting (covering the entire Earth asynchronously) or geostationary (hovering over the same spot on the equator).
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