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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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NameNORAD IDInt'l CodeLaunch datePeriod
[minutes]
Action
TIROS 1291960-002BApril 1, 196097.5
TIROS 31621961-017AJuly 12, 196199.7
TIROS 42261962-002AFebruary 8, 196299.5
TIROS 53091962-025AJune 19, 196298.7
TIROS 63971962-047ASeptember 18, 196296.4
TIROS 87161963-054ADecember 21, 196397.8
COSMOS 448761964-053AAugust 28, 196498.3
TIROS 99781965-004AJanuary 22, 1965118.9
TIROS 1014301965-051AJuly 2, 196599.9
OPS 806815801965-072ASeptember 10, 1965100.8
ESSA 1 (OT-3)19821966-008AFebruary 3, 196699.5
ESSA 2 (OT-2)20911966-016AFebruary 28, 1966113.4
OPS 034021251966-026AMarch 31, 196698.7
ESSA 3 (TOS-A)24351966-087AOctober 2, 1966114.6
ESSA 4 (TOS-B)26571967-006AJanuary 26, 1967113.4
ESSA 527571967-036AApril 20, 1967113.5
ESSA 6 (TOS-D)30351967-114ANovember 10, 1967114.8
ESSA 7 (TOS-E)33451968-069AAugust 16, 1968114.9
ESSA 8 (TOS-F)36151968-114ADecember 15, 1968114.6
ESSA 9 (TOS-G)37641969-016AFebruary 26, 1969115.2
ITOS 1 (TIROS M)43201970-008AJanuary 23, 1970115
NIMBUS 563051972-097ADecember 11, 1972107.1
OPS 622678161975-043AMay 24, 1975101.1
NIMBUS 679241975-052AJune 12, 1975107.4
OPS 5644100331977-044AJune 5, 1977100.6
NIMBUS 7110801978-098AOctober 24, 1978104
COSMOS 1045110841978-100AOctober 26, 1978120.3
OPS 5390113891979-050AJune 6, 1979100.8
FENGYUN 1A194671988-080ASeptember 6, 1988102.6
FENGYUN 1B207881990-081ASeptember 3, 1990102.6
METEOSAT 5 (MOP 2)211401991-015BMarch 2, 19911462.7
NOAA 12212631991-032AMay 14, 1991100.9
METEOSAT 6229121993-073BNovember 20, 19931454.8
HIMAWARI 5 (GMS 5)235221995-011BMarch 18, 19951448.7
DMSP 5D-2 F13 (USA 109)235331995-015AMarch 24, 1995101.6
DMSP 5D-2 F14 (USA 131)247531997-012AApril 4, 1997101.7
GOES 10247861997-019AApril 25, 19971452.8
FENGYUN 2A248341997-029AJune 10, 19971499.2
ORBVIEW 2 (SEASTAR)248831997-037AAugust 1, 1997100.4
METEOSAT 7249321997-049BSeptember 2, 19971464.8
NOAA 15253381998-030AMay 13, 1998100.9
NOAA 16265362000-055ASeptember 21, 2000101.9
NOAA 18286542005-018AMay 20, 2005101.9
NOAA 19335912009-005AFebruary 6, 2009101.9
METEOR-M358652009-049ASeptember 17, 2009101.2
METEOR M2400692014-037AJuly 8, 2014101.3
NOAA 20 (JPSS 1)430132017-073ANovember 18, 2017101.4
NOAA 20 (JPSS 1)430132017-073ANovember 18, 2017101.4
NOAA-21 (JPSS-2)542342022-150ANovember 10, 2022101.4
NOAA-21 (JPSS-2)542342022-150ANovember 10, 2022101.4
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