"Weather satellites" refers to devices or machines in space that are used to monitor and collect information about the Earth's weather. Full definition
To help refine their models, many researchers look to data from weather satellites collected since the 1980s. (sciencemag.org)
By contrast, atmospheric temperatures measured from weather satellites show only insignificant warming between 1978 and 1997 — as do the independent data from weather balloons around the world. (americanthinker.com)