WEATHER SATELLITES

A weather satellite is a type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. These meteorological satellites, however, see more than clouds and cloud systems. City lights, fires, effects of pollution, auroras, sand and dust storms, snow cover, ice mapping, boundaries of ocean currents, energy flows, etc., are other environmental information collected from weather satellites.

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Name	NORAD ID	Int'l Code	Launch date	Period [minutes]
TIROS 9	978	1965-004A	January 22, 1965	118.9
TIROS 8	716	1963-054A	December 21, 1963	97.8
TIROS 6	397	1962-047A	September 18, 1962	96.4
TIROS 5	309	1962-025A	June 19, 1962	98.7
TIROS 4	226	1962-002A	February 8, 1962	99.5
TIROS 3	162	1961-017A	July 12, 1961	99.7
TIROS 10	1430	1965-051A	July 2, 1965	99.9
TIROS 1	29	1960-002B	April 1, 1960	97.5
ORBVIEW 2 (SEASTAR)	24883	1997-037A	August 1, 1997	100.4
OPS 8068	1580	1965-072A	September 10, 1965	100.8
OPS 6226	7816	1975-043A	May 24, 1975	101.1
OPS 5644	10033	1977-044A	June 5, 1977	100.6
OPS 5390	11389	1979-050A	June 6, 1979	100.8
OPS 0340	2125	1966-026A	March 31, 1966	98.7
NOAA-21 (JPSS-2)	54234	2022-150A	November 10, 2022	101.4
NOAA-21 (JPSS-2)	54234	2022-150A	November 10, 2022	101.4
NOAA 20 (JPSS 1)	43013	2017-073A	November 18, 2017	101.4
NOAA 20 (JPSS 1)	43013	2017-073A	November 18, 2017	101.4
NOAA 19	33591	2009-005A	February 6, 2009	101.9
NOAA 18	28654	2005-018A	May 20, 2005	101.9
NOAA 16	26536	2000-055A	September 21, 2000	101.9
NOAA 15	25338	1998-030A	May 13, 1998	100.9
NOAA 12	21263	1991-032A	May 14, 1991	100.9
NIMBUS 7	11080	1978-098A	October 24, 1978	104
NIMBUS 6	7924	1975-052A	June 12, 1975	107.4
NIMBUS 5	6305	1972-097A	December 11, 1972	107.1
METEOSAT 7	24932	1997-049B	September 2, 1997	1464.8
METEOSAT 6	22912	1993-073B	November 20, 1993	1454.8
METEOSAT 5 (MOP 2)	21140	1991-015B	March 2, 1991	1462.7
METEOR-M	35865	2009-049A	September 17, 2009	101.2
METEOR M2	40069	2014-037A	July 8, 2014	101.3
ITOS 1 (TIROS M)	4320	1970-008A	January 23, 1970	115
HIMAWARI 5 (GMS 5)	23522	1995-011B	March 18, 1995	1448.6
GOES 10	24786	1997-019A	April 25, 1997	1452.7
FENGYUN 2A	24834	1997-029A	June 10, 1997	1499.2
FENGYUN 1B	20788	1990-081A	September 3, 1990	102.6
FENGYUN 1A	19467	1988-080A	September 6, 1988	102.6
ESSA 9 (TOS-G)	3764	1969-016A	February 26, 1969	115.2
ESSA 8 (TOS-F)	3615	1968-114A	December 15, 1968	114.6
ESSA 7 (TOS-E)	3345	1968-069A	August 16, 1968	114.9
ESSA 6 (TOS-D)	3035	1967-114A	November 10, 1967	114.8
ESSA 5	2757	1967-036A	April 20, 1967	113.5
ESSA 4 (TOS-B)	2657	1967-006A	January 26, 1967	113.4
ESSA 3 (TOS-A)	2435	1966-087A	October 2, 1966	114.6
ESSA 2 (OT-2)	2091	1966-016A	February 28, 1966	113.4
ESSA 1 (OT-3)	1982	1966-008A	February 3, 1966	99.5
DMSP 5D-2 F14 (USA 131)	24753	1997-012A	April 4, 1997	101.7
DMSP 5D-2 F13 (USA 109)	23533	1995-015A	March 24, 1995	101.6
COSMOS 44	876	1964-053A	August 28, 1964	98.3
COSMOS 1045	11084	1978-100A	October 26, 1978	120.3