List of NOAA satellites
This is a list of satellites owned and operated (formerly or currently) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as well as planned, failed, and cancelled launches.[1][2][3][4]
| Program(s) | Generation | Launch designation | Operational designation | Launch date | Decommission date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITOS | 3rd Gen POES | ITOS-A | NOAA-1 | December 11, 1970[5] | August 19, 1971[6] |
| ITOS | 3rd Gen POES | ITOS-D | NOAA-2 | October 15, 1972[7] | January 30, 1975[6] |
| ITOS | 3rd Gen POES | ITOS-F | NOAA-3 | November 6, 1973[8] | August 31, 1976[6] |
| ITOS | 3rd Gen POES | ITOS-G | NOAA-4 | November 15, 1974[9] | November 18, 1978[6] |
| ITOS | 3rd Gen POES | ITOS-H | NOAA-5 | July 29, 1976[10] | July 16, 1979[6] |
| GOES | SMS Derived | GOES-A | GOES-1 | October 16, 1975 | March 7, 1995[11] |
| GOES | SMS Derived | GOES-B | GOES-2 | June 16, 1977 | May 5, 2001[11] |
| GOES | SMS Derived | GOES-C | GOES-3 | June 16, 1978[11] | June 29, 2016[12] |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-A | NOAA-6 | June 27, 1979 | March 31, 1987 |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-B | N/A | May 29, 1980 | Launch failure |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-C | NOAA-7 | June 23, 1981 | June 7, 1986 |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-E | NOAA-8 | March 28, 1983 | December 29, 1985 |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-F | NOAA-9 | December 12, 1984 | February 13, 1998 |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-G | NOAA-10 | September 17, 1986 | August 30, 2001 |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-H | NOAA-11 | September 24, 1988 | June 16, 2004 |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-D | NOAA-12 | May 14, 1991 | August 10, 2007 |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-I | NOAA-13 | August 9, 1993 | August 21, 1993 |
| POES | 4th Gen POES | NOAA-J | NOAA-14 | December 30, 1994 | May 23, 2007 |
| GOES | 1st Gen GOES | GOES-D | GOES-4 | September 9, 1980 | November 11, 1988[11] |
| GOES | 1st Gen GOES | GOES-E | GOES-5 | May 15, 1981 | July 18, 1990[11] |
| GOES | 1st Gen GOES | GOES-F | GOES-6 | April 28, 1983 | May 24, 1992[11] |
| GOES | 1st Gen GOES | GOES-G | N/A | May 3, 1986[11] | Failed Orbit |
| GOES | 1st Gen GOES | GOES-H | GOES-7 | February 26, 1987[11] | April 12, 2012 |
| GOES | 2nd Gen GOES | GOES-I | GOES-8 | April 13, 1994 | May 5, 2004[11] |
| GOES | 2nd Gen GOES | GOES-J | GOES-9 | May 23, 1995 | July 28, 1998[11] |
| GOES | 2nd Gen GOES | GOES-K | GOES-10 | April 25, 1997[11] | December 02, 2009[13] |
| GOES | 2nd Gen GOES | GOES-L | GOES-11 | May 3, 2000[11] | December 16, 2011[14][15] |
| GOES | 2nd Gen GOES | GOES-M | GOES-12 | July 23, 2001[11] | August 16, 2013[16] |
| POES | 5th Gen POES | NOAA-K | NOAA-15 | May 13, 1998 | August 19, 2025 |
| POES | 5th Gen POES | NOAA-L | NOAA-16 | September 21, 2000 | September 17, 2003 |
| POES | 5th Gen POES | NOAA-M | NOAA-17 | June 24, 2002 | April 10, 2013 |
| POES | 5th Gen POES | NOAA-N | NOAA-18 | May 20, 2005 | June 6, 2025 |
| POES | 5th Gen POES | NOAA-N Prime | NOAA-19 | February 6, 2009 | August 13, 2025 |
| NOAA Jason / NASA OSTM | N/A | JASON-1 | JASON-1 | December 7, 2001 | July 1, 2013[17] |
| NOAA Jason / NASA OSTM | N/A | JASON-2 | JASON-2 | June 20, 2008 | October 10, 2019[18] |
| NOAA Jason / NASA OSTM | N/A | JASON-3 | JASON-3 | January 17, 2016 | |
| GOES | 3rd Gen GOES | GOES-N | GOES-13 EWS-G1 | May 24, 2006[11] | |
| GOES | 3rd Gen GOES | GOES-O | GOES-14 | June 27, 2009[11] | |
| GOES | 3rd Gen GOES | GOES-P | GOES-15 | March 4, 2010 | |
| GOES | 3rd Gen GOES | GOES-Q | N/A | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| SUOMI-NPP / JPSS | N/A | SUOMI-NPP | SUOMI-NPP | October 28, 2011 | |
| JPSS | N/A | JPSS-1 | NOAA-20 | November 18, 2017 | |
| JPSS | N/A | JPSS-2 | NOAA-21 | November 10, 2022 | |
| JPSS | N/A | JPSS-3 | NOAA-23 | 2033 (predicted as of July 2026) | |
| JPSS | N/A | JPSS-4 | NOAA-22 | 2028 (predicted as of July 2026) | |
| GOES | 4th Gen GOES | GOES-R | GOES-16 | November 19, 2016 | |
| GOES | 4th Gen GOES | GOES-S | GOES-17 | March 1, 2018 | |
| GOES | 4th Gen GOES | GOES-T | GOES-18 | March 1, 2022 | |
| GOES | 4th Gen GOES | GOES-U | GOES-19 | June 25, 2024 | |
| DSCOVR | 1st Gen Deep Space Satellite | DSCOVR | DSCOVR | February 11, 2015 | |
| SWFO | 2nd Gen Deep Space Satellite | SWFO-L1 | SOLAR-1 | September 24, 2025 | |
References
- ↑ "History of NOAA Satellites". NOAA. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ↑ "A Legacy in Orbit: NOAA Decommissions the POES Satellite Constellation".
- ↑ "GOES History".
- ↑ "POES History".
- ↑ "Digital collections | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration".
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Optimum management strategies for the NOAA" (PDF). apps.dtic.mil.
- ↑ "Spac0228.JPG | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration".
- ↑ "AMS members win Commerce gold and silver medals" (PDF). journals.ametsoc.org.
- ↑ "NOAA-4 Launched" (PDF). journals.ametsoc.org.
- ↑ "Spac0249.JPG | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) I-M and N-P Series Imager Data".
- ↑ "Goes-3 Satellite Decommissioned After Linking Antarctica to the World for More Than 20 Years | the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami". Archived from the original on 28 August 2017.
- ↑ Staff, SpaceNews (December 7, 2009). "NOAA Deactivates GOES-10 After 12 Years of Service".
- ↑ "Sat notes".
- ↑ "Meteorological Satellite Frequencies".
- ↑ "GOES-12 is retired from service". 16 August 2013.
- ↑ "Jason-1 Satellite Decommissioning | PO.DAAC / JPL / NASA".
- ↑ "Jason-2 altimetry satellite decommissioned in October 2019". 4 October 2019.