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GOES-16, the first satellite of the GOES-R series, is a geostationary weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Launched in 2016, it continuously monitors the Western Hemisphere from a fixed position above the Americas. It features the Advanced Baselin...
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Major GOES-R breakthrough with advanced ABI, lightning mapper, and major US forecasting improvements.
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GOES-18, originally known as GOES-T, is a geostationary weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Launched in March 2022, it is the third satellite in the advanced GOES-R series. Positioned at 137.2 degrees West longitude, it serves as the operational...
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Same strong operational value as GOES-18: modern GOES-R weather capability and successful GOES-West service.
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GOES-18 is a geostationary weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and launched in 2022. It replaced GOES-17 as the operational GOES-West satellite, taking up a vantage point at 137.2 degrees West longitude. As part of the advanced GOES-R series, it u...
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Successful GOES-West replacement with modern ABI performance, strong operational value, and no comparable major anomaly reported.
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GOES-19 is the fourth and final satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-series, launched in 2024. Operated by NOAA and NASA, it is designed to be positioned in geostationary orbit as GOES-East. From this vantage point, it monitors weather and environmental conditions acr...
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Latest GOES-R class spacecraft with advanced weather-monitoring capability, strong expected value, but limited long-term operational record.
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NOAA-20 is a polar-orbiting environmental monitoring satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Launched in 2017, it serves as the inaugural spacecraft of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program. The satellite carries a suite of instruments, including the Visi...
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Major JPSS operational success with VIIRS continuity, high-quality weather and climate data, and strong agency confidence.
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NOAA-21 is an environmental monitoring satellite launched in 2022 as the second spacecraft in the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program. Operated by NOAA in collaboration with NASA, it orbits the Earth pole-to-pole to gather atmospheric, oceanic, and terrestrial data. It carries instruments li...
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Modern JPSS continuation with valuable VIIRS-class observations and operational importance, but shorter demonstrated service record than NOAA-20.
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GOES-16 is a geostationary weather satellite operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Launched on November 19, 2016, it is the first of the GOES-R series, which also includes GOES-17, GOES-18, and GOES-19. GOES-16 provides continuous imagery and atmosphe...
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Advanced NOAA weather satellite with major forecasting improvements and high operational value.
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Launched in February 2009, NOAA-19 is the final spacecraft in the Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) series operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The satellite circles Earth in a sun-synchronous polar orbit, collecting global atmospheric, oceanic, and te...
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Final POES satellite with long service life and strong continuity value, regarded as dependable though technologically superseded.
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NOAA-18 is an environmental monitoring satellite launched in May 2005 as part of the U.S. Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) series. Built by Lockheed Martin, it orbits Earth in a sun-synchronous trajectory to provide global atmospheric and surface data. The satellite carries a suite o...
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Reliable POES workhorse with long operational service and useful sounding and imaging data, despite older-generation capability.
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NOAA-15 is a polar-orbiting environmental satellite launched by the United States in 1998 as part of the Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) series. It operates in a sun-synchronous orbit, carrying instruments such as the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and th...
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Exceptionally long-lived POES satellite still valued by weather and APT communities, though aging instruments limit modern standing.
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NOAA-9 is an American weather satellite launched in December 1984 as part of the TIROS-N series. It operates in a polar orbit, carrying instruments such as the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/2). These tools allowed the satell...
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Useful TIROS-N era operational weather satellite, valuable historically but surpassed by later NOAA and Metop systems.
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GOES-17 is a NOAA geostationary weather satellite launched in 2018 as the second spacecraft in the GOES-R series. Its main imaging instrument, the Advanced Baseline Imager, provides observations used for weather forecasting, environmental monitoring, and analysis of Earth's atmosphere and surface. A...
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Advanced GOES-R platform, but loop heat pipe anomaly degraded infrared availability and hurt operational reputation despite recovery procedures.
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