Newest NOAA weather #satellite suffers critical malfunction | Ars Technica
▻https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/newest-noaa-weather-satellite-suffers-critical-malfunction
The “make the best of a bad situation” scenario is far from ideal, though. If GOES-17 doesn’t fully come online this fall as planned, it’s not like US weather forecasters will be in the dark—the #satellites currently covering that portion of the globe are in good shape. That said, GOES-17 was set to be a shiny new toy for forecasters, and any hitch in the satellite succession plan is potentially costly. So here’s hoping GOES-17 can just chill.