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Hurricane forecasters scrambling after sudden shutdown of key satellites

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35 points anigbrowl | 4 comments | 26 Jun 25 21:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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BenjiWiebe ◴[27 Jun 25 00:11 UTC] No.44392697[source]▶
The forecasters maybe should have prepared for this, considering Congress voted to terminate the DMSP program in 2015.

The last DMSP launch was in 2024, but that one failed already. The previous launch was in 2009, and that one is still working.

Does anyone know what the DMSP satellites provided for hurricane forecasting that the 4th gen GOES satellites and the JPSS satellites can't do?

Note: I do think that shutting the program down suddenly when there are still some functioning satellites is a bad idea. But this program was very near it's end of life already.

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1. Neywiny ◴[27 Jun 25 02:12 UTC] No.44393187[source]▶
You mean they should've forecasted it?
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2. bbarnett ◴[27 Jun 25 02:43 UTC] No.44393298[source]▶
A quietness descends upon the forest. Crickets cease. Birds stop their song. Even the very leaves stop rustling in the wind.

In the eerie silence, a small bespeckled man approaches you, smiles and hands you a trophy.

You look upon the plaque. It reads "You Bastard"

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3. Neywiny ◴[27 Jun 25 21:13 UTC] No.44400300[source]▶
Just an easy joke, bud
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4. bbarnett ◴[27 Jun 25 23:47 UTC] No.44401315{3}[source]▶
No worries, the "You bastard" was affectionately given, with mirth.