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1st want to be weather satellite launched
TIROS-1 first Weather Satellite launched -
First DMSP satellite launched
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Launches
From 1966-2001 around 12 more GOES satellites were launched -
GOES
The United States operates two meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit, one over the East Coast and one over the West Coast with overlapping coverage over the United States -
SMS
Two Synchronous Meteorological Satellites were launched by NASA SMS-1launched on May 17 1974 SMS-2 -
First GOES satellite launched
On this date the fist ever GOES (geostationary operational enviormental satellite) was launched -
First POES satellite
First POES satellite launched -
IPO
On Oct. 3, 1994, NOAA, DoD, and NASA created an Integrated Program Office to develop manage acquire and operate the NPOESS system -
40th
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration celebrated the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first weather satellite -
Breakdown
The GOES-13 satellite brokedown during orbit