NOAA SATELLITES

This is a list of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) polar-orbiting environmental satellites (POES) for longer term forecasting. These satellites are necessary for providing a complete global weather monitoring system. The satellites carry search and rescue instruments, and have helped save the lives of about 10,000 people to date. The satellites are also used to support aviation safety (volcanic ash detection), and maritime/shipping safety (ice monitoring and prediction). The POES satellite system offers the advantage of daily global coverage, by making nearly polar orbits roughly 14.1 times daily. Since the number of orbits per day is not an integer the sub orbital tracks do not repeat on a daily basis, although the local solar time of each satellite's passage is essentially unchanged for any latitude. More

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Name	NORAD ID	Int'l Code	Launch date	Period [minutes]	Action
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
DSCOVR	40390	2015-007A	February 11, 2015	-	Unable to track
SUOMI NPP	37849	2011-061A	October 28, 2011	101.4
NOAA 19	33591	2009-005A	February 6, 2009	101.9
NOAA 18	28654	2005-018A	May 20, 2005	101.9
NOAA 17	27453	2002-032A	June 24, 2002	101
NOAA 16	26536	2000-055A	September 21, 2000	101.9
NOAA 15	25338	1998-030A	May 13, 1998	100.9
NOAA 14	23455	1994-089A	December 30, 1994	101.8
NOAA 13	22739	1993-050A	August 9, 1993	101.9
NOAA 12	21263	1991-032A	May 14, 1991	100.9
NOAA 11	19531	1988-089A	September 24, 1988	101.7
NOAA 10	16969	1986-073A	September 17, 1986	100.8
NOAA 9	15427	1984-123A	December 12, 1984	101.6
NOAA 8	13923	1983-022A	March 28, 1983	100.7
NOAA 7	12553	1981-059A	June 23, 1981	101.6
NOAA 6	11416	1979-057A	June 27, 1979	100.4
TIROS N	11060	1978-096A	October 13, 1978	101.5
NOAA 5	9057	1976-077A	July 29, 1976	116.3
NOAA 4	7529	1974-089A	November 15, 1974	114.9
NOAA 3	6920	1973-086A	November 6, 1973	116.1
NOAA 2 (ITOS-D)	6235	1972-082A	October 15, 1972	114.9
NOAA 1	4793	1970-106A	December 11, 1970	114.8