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Loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back 'decades'

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312 points trauco | 1 comments | 29 Jun 25 17:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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charcircuit ◴[29 Jun 25 19:41 UTC] No.44415747[source]▶
How can it be set back decades? Even if you had to design new satellites and send them up it would not take a decade to do.
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1. __MatrixMan__ ◴[29 Jun 25 20:36 UTC] No.44416230[source]▶
Decades is how far they were set back, not the duration of the setback.