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    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...
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    The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s...
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    systems of operational meteorological satellites. EUMETSAT is responsible for the launch and operation of the satellites and for delivering satellite data to...
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    MetOp (category European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)
    Metop (Meteorological Operational satellite) is a series of three polar-orbiting meteorological satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA)...
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    geostationary satellites, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), support weather forecasting, tropical cyclone tracking, and meteorology research...
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  • MetOp-SG (Meteorological Operational Satellite - Second Generation) is a series of six meteorological satellites developed by European Space Agency and...
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    The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department...
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    The Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS) program, was a program where NASA developed two weather satellites; which were placed into geosynchronous...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Earth observation satellites
    observations satellites provide information for research subjects that benefit from looking at Earth’s surface from above (such as meteorology, oceanography...
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    The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP) and the...
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    GOES-16 (category Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites)
    orbit, is the first of the GOES-R series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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    meteorological observation and data relay for providing meteorological services. KALPANA-1 is an exclusive meteorological satellite. The satellites are...
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  • Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) is an international organization created in 1972 to coordinate the satellite systems that support global operational...
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    Kingdom Meteorological Office in 1854, the second oldest national meteorological service in the world (the Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics...
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    Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES), managed by NOAA and the ground processing component of both POES and the Defense Meteorological Satellite...
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    Himawari 9 (category Himawari satellite series)
    is a Japanese weather satellite, the 9th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The spacecraft...
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    managed operational polar orbiting satellites (POES) since 1966. Additionally, NESDIS has managed operational geosynchronous satellites (GOES) satellites since...
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    A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. Satellites have a variety of uses...
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  • Thumbnail for Military meteorology
    valuable meteorological observing systems. More recently, the use of satellites in space has contributed extensively to military meteorology. Military...
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    the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) MetOp satellites, and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) satellites, receiving stations...
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    Himawari 8 (category Himawari satellite series)
    Meteorological Agency. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022. "Meteorological Satellite Center (MSC) | Switchover of the Operational Satellite"...
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    weather satellite type for both purposes. Meteor Prototype launches Meteor-1 was a set of fully operational Russian meteorological satellite launched...
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  • Thumbnail for Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
    primary central production sites for worldwide computer-generated operational meteorological and oceanographic analysis and forecast products.[citation needed]...
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    also known as Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite No.2 or GOMS No.2, is a Russian geostationary weather satellite which was launched in 2011...
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    National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) was to be the United States' next-generation satellite system that would monitor...
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  • forecast meteorological data from polar orbiting satellites belonging to, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Defense Meteorological Satellite...
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    Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by the United States, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that...
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    satellites were launched, with the last going up in 2004. The first Molniya 2 satellites were tested from 1971 with the first operational satellite launching...
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    GOES-17 (category Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites)
    Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, providing multi-spectral imaging for weather forecasts and meteorological and environmental...
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    geostationary satellites owned and operated by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Japan Meteorological Agency...
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