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Satellite Timeline

  • 1st want to be weather satellite launched

    1st want to be weather satellite launched
    TIROS-1 first Weather Satellite launched
  • First DMSP satellite launched

    First DMSP satellite launched
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    Launches

    From 1966-2001 around 12 more GOES satellites were launched
  • GOES

    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

    SMS
    Two Synchronous Meteorological Satellites were launched by NASA SMS-1launched on May 17 1974 SMS-2
  • First GOES satellite launched

    First GOES satellite launched
    On this date the fist ever GOES (geostationary operational enviormental satellite) was launched
  • First POES satellite

    First POES satellite
    First POES satellite launched
  • IPO

    IPO
    On Oct. 3, 1994, NOAA, DoD, and NASA created an Integrated Program Office to develop manage acquire and operate the NPOESS system
  • 40th

    40th
    the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration celebrated the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first weather satellite
  • Breakdown

    Breakdown
    The GOES-13 satellite brokedown during orbit