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US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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300 points drewr | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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Mobius01 ◴[29 Jun 25 00:22 UTC] No.44409294[source]▶
Is this an attempt at controlling the narrative around climate change, in line with the impacts at NOAA and other climate-related government agencies?
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genter[dead post] ◴[29 Jun 25 00:28 UTC] No.44409323[source]▶
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alwa ◴[29 Jun 25 00:33 UTC] No.44409358[source]▶
Accuweather, who also depend on this same USG sensor data for their modeling…

I don’t think anybody wins from this.

See e.g. https://www.accuweather.com/en/press/accuweather-does-not-su...

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Frost1x ◴[29 Jun 25 00:43 UTC] No.44409404[source]▶
Are there other countries with similar weather satellites? I imagine China or the EU likely have some of their own. I know the US has been pushing this for free so plenty of nations likely piggy back off the free data. But I imagine larger ones might want their own redundant services to some degree to avoid vulnerability.

If so, they might be benefiting, but that’s about it.

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1. tokai ◴[29 Jun 25 00:54 UTC] No.44409467[source]▶
"Since its establishment in 2014, the Copernicus program has received consistent investment from ESA, making it the world’s largest and most advanced open data Earth Observation initiative for climate, disaster, and resource management."[0]

Data from the Copernicus program is available for any citizen or organization worldwide. So a lot of free data will still be accessible.

[0] https://newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/global-earth-observat...