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5. The New Capabilities of Weather Satellites

Author : Joseph N. Pelton

Published in: Space 2.0

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Weather, or meteorological, satellites are in fact essentially remote-sensing satellites. What is an important distinguishing feature about this type of satellite application is that they are essentially all operated as governmental services that are supported by tax revenues rather than commercial revenues and services.

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Title: The New Capabilities of Weather Satellites
Author: Joseph N. Pelton
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Space 2.0
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-15280-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-15281-9

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15281-9_5

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