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Start Here for Space: New Satellites Make Clearer Weather Predictions

Originally aired on: May 25, 2021

 Dr. Stephen Volz, Assistant Administrator for NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service discusses the future of NOAA Satellites, climate services, space debris, and NOAA’s relationship with NASA and the commercial space sector. The growing commercial  Earth observation satellite sector is seeing booming growth that was on display the the 2023 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.

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Stephen Volz is now serving as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction. He is responsible for all NOAA observing systems, including in situ instruments and satellites, and the process of converting observations to predictions for environmental threats related to weather, climate, water, oceans, and space weather.

Dr. Stephen Volz

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