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David Michaud: Weather Service launches more satellites to update tracking, predictions

National Weather Service launches three new satellites to use more supercomputing power to update tracking and predictions

January 24, 2018 8:00 am

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has added a good chunk of supercomputing power to apply to its tracking and predictions. This move follows the recent launch of three new satellites. David Michaud, director of central processing at the National Weather Service, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more details on the recent updates.