Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

Habitable Planet Orbital Recon: GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Views Super Typhoon Sinlak

by Keith CowingApril 28, 2026April 29, 2026

South Korea’s GEO-KOMPSAT-2A satellite captured Super Typhoon Sinlaku from orbit. - KSA/NOAA

The image on the left is in TrueColor. The image on the right shows water vapor imagery.

The images show Sinlaku as it made landfall on Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands on April 14, 2026.

When Typhoon Sinlaku struck the Northern Mariana Islands, the storm destroyed the tools to track it.

Data from @NASA and its partners filled in the gap, providing critical rainfall measurements to emergency responders. pic.twitter.com/PM8O9V9reU
— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) April 29, 2026

Astrobiology,

Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp... More by Keith Cowing