The Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS) program, was a program where NASA developed two weather satellites; which were placed into geosynchronous...

and 1978 respectively. Prior to the GOES satellites two Synchronous Meteorological Satellites (SMS) satellites had been launched; SMS-1 in May 1974, and...

A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the...

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department...

[citation needed] These types of satellites are almost always in Sun-synchronous and "frozen" orbits. A Sun-synchronous orbit passes over each spot on the...

Environmental Satellite Synchronous Meteorological Satellite "ATS - Applications Technology Satellites (ATS I-V)". FSU Department of Meteorology. Archived from...

Sphingomyelin synthase, an enzyme SMS-1, weather satellite, part of the NASA program Synchronous Meteorological Satellite SMS (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

meteorological observation and data relay for providing meteorological services. KALPANA-1 is an exclusive meteorological satellite. The satellites are...

weather satellite type for both purposes. Meteor Prototype launches Meteor-1 was a set of fully operational Russian meteorological satellite launched...

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is an intergovernmental organisation created through an international...

enzyme Serotonin modulator and stimulator, a type of drug Synchronous Meteorological Satellite, a NASA program Simultaneous multiple surface, in non-imaging...

European branch of the program, and METOP for meteorological operations. These orbits are Sun synchronous, meaning that they cross the equator at the same...

satellites are deployed in a circular Sun-synchronous near polar orbit at an altitude of 510 km (± 40 km). EROS satellites imagery applications are primarily...

update. The orbit will be a sun-synchronous, dawn-to-dusk type. The planned mission life is three years. The satellite was fully integrated in January...

MetOp (Meteorological Operational satellite) is a series of three polar-orbiting meteorological satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA)...

Nine ESSA satellites were launched during 1966–1969. The odd-numbered ESSA satellites provided meteorological data to national meteorological services...

zone - sky wave - skywave - Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) - Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS) - software-defined radio - solar activity - solar constant...

Environmental Satellite system. GOES-2 was built by Ford Aerospace, and was based on the satellite bus developed for the Synchronous Meteorological Satellite programme...

imaging satellites choose a Sun-synchronous orbit because they can scan the entire globe with similar lighting. As the number of satellites and amount...

payload was SUNSAT; the auxiliary payload satellites were launched free of charge) into a near-Sun synchronous elliptical polar orbit, it had a perigee...

MetOp-SG (Meteorological Operational Satellite - Second Generation) is a series of six meteorological satellites developed by European Space Agency and...

China's meteorological satellites. Launched since 1988 into polar Sun-synchronous and geosynchronous orbit, each three-axis stabilized Fengyun satellite is...

Each satellite was intended to be Sun-synchronous, with passes almost at the same solar time each day. Although, due to the age of some satellites, minor...

addition to its regular meteorological observations. The satellite design provides an economical and stable sun-synchronous (morning equator-crossing)...

used on Cloudsat. Like other Earth observation satellites, radar satellites often use Sun-synchronous orbits so that diurnal variations of vegetation...

deactivated by NASA on 7 March 1985. Spaceflight portal Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS-A, SMS-B) "40 Years of GOES: The Anniversary of GOES-1...

subconsciously when ... I worked out the principles of synchronous communications satellites ...", McAleer, Neil (1992). Arthur C. Clarke. Contemporary...

geostationary weather satellites following the success of the Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) and Synchronous Meteorological Satellite programs beginning...

000-kilometre (620 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit had already begun in 1978. They would later lead to the development of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)...

observations satellites provide information for research subjects that benefit from looking at Earth’s surface from above (such as meteorology, oceanography...