The SSMIS instruments are part of three weather satellites that are in low-Earth orbit and are maintained by NOAA in ...

After announcing it would lose access to key weather satellite data, NOAA will retain access, the agency said in a statement.

NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.

The Trump administration fired hundreds of NOAA employees, but its National Weather Service later warned that some offices were “ critically understaffed ” and began hiring more meteorologists.