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NOAA currently operates 16 meteorological satellites in 3 separate
constellations. The future NPOESS constellation will merge the two
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Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellites (GOES)
The GOES
system maintains a continuous data stream from a two-GOES system
in support of the National Weather Service requirements. These
satellites send weather data and pictures that cover various
sections of the United States. Current weather satellites can
transmit visible or infrared photos, focus on a narrow or wide
area, and maneuver in space to obtain maximum coverage.
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Polar
Operational Environmental Satellite (POES)
The POES
satellite system offers the advantage of daily global coverage,
with morning and afternoon orbits that deliver global data,
for improvement of weather forecasting. The information received
includes cloud cover, storm location, temperature, and heat
balance in the earth's atmosphere.
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Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
The Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) is a Department of Defense
(DoD) program run by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems
Center (SMC). The DMSP designs, builds, launches, and maintains
satellites monitoring the meteorological, oceanographic, and
solar-terrestrial physics environments.
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The
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
System (NPOESS)
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)
and its managing Integrated Program Office (IPO) were established in 1994 to
converge existing Air Force, NASA & NOAA polar-orbiting satellites into an
integrated national program. Polar-orbiters in low-Earth orbit continue to be
used to monitor global environmental conditions, collect and disseminate data
related to weather, atmosphere, oceans, land and near-space environment.
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