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Currently Flying
NOAA owns or operates a total of 15 satellites.
NOAA owns and operates
eight
satellites, which include:
Five
geostationary (GOES-14, -16, -17, -18, and -19)
Two
polar-orbiting polar-orbiting (NOAA -20, and -21)
One
deep space satellite (DSCOVR)
NOAA operates but does not own,
seven
satellites, which include:
Suomi NPP (NOAA/NASA)
Jason-3 (CNES owns)
Three
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites (F-16, F-17, F-19)
EWS-G1 and EWS-G2 (Air Force owns, formerly GOES-13 and GOES-15)
Download High-Res Infographic
Download an image of all the weather satellites NOAA manages.
Our Satellites
Geostationary Satellites
The GOES mission
Geostationary Satellites
Joint Polar Satellite System/NOAA-20
The JPSS mission
Joint Polar Satellite System/NOAA-20
Jason-3
Explore the Jason-3 satellite
Jason-3
Deep Space Climate Observatory
Read about the observatory
Deep Space Climate Observatory
COSMIC-2
Weather forecasting COSMIC-2 data
COSMIC-2
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Defense weather satellite information
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Satellite Operations
The
Office of Common Services
(OCS) oversees the development and sustainment of all NESDIS satellite ground systems. These ground systems are vital in order to get information obtained from space to the users who need it on the ground everyday.
The
Office of Satellite and Product Operations
(OSPO) is responsible for maintaining the comprehensive scheduling and data information for both Geostationary and Polar orbiting satellites, and provides imagery and products derived from the data these satellites collect. These include, near-real time imagery of current or developing cyclones,
satellite imagery
depicting various sectors of the United States, and an array of other
atmospheric data products
.
Satellite Programs Launch Date Charts
Geostationary Satellite Flyout Chart
Download Geostationary Programs Launch Chart
Geostationary Satellite Flyout Chart
Polar Satellite Flyout Chart
Download Polar Programs Launch Chart
Polar Satellite Flyout Chart
Space Weather Satellite Flyout Chart
Download Space Weather Programs Launch Chart
Space Weather Satellite Flyout Chart
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