Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder imagery of Hurricane Ian from Sept. 26, 2022. Credit: University of Wisconsin Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

SAN FRANCISCO – The launch of the next U.S. weather satellite is coming just in time to ensure the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has two healthy spacecraft making observations from polar orbit.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...