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 canceled 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 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 2008
NOAA Jason / NASA OSTM N/A JASON-3 JASON-3 January 17, 2016
GOES 3rd Gen GOES GOES-N GOES-13 May 24, 2006 [11]
GOES 3rd Gen GOES GOES-O GOES-14 June 27, 2009 [11]
GOES 3rd Gen GOES GOES-P GOES-15 2010
GOES 3rd Gen GOES GOES-Q N/A Cancelled Cancelled
SUOMI-NPP / JPSS N/A SUOMI-NPP SUOMI-NPP 2011
JPSS N/A JPSS-1 NOAA-20 2017
JPSS N/A JPSS-2 NOAA-21 2022
JPSS N/A JPSS-3 NOAA-23 2032 (Predicted as of August 2025)
JPSS N/A JPSS-4 NOAA-22 2027 (Predicted as of August 2025)
GOES 4th Gen GOES GOES-R GOES-16 2016
GOES 4th Gen GOES GOES-S GOES-17 2018
GOES 4th Gen GOES GOES-T GOES-18 2022
GOES 4th Gen GOES GOES-U GOES-19 2024
DSCOVR 1st Gen Deep Space Satellite DSCOVR DSCOVR 2015
SWFO 2nd Gen Deep Space Satellite SWFO-L1 SWFO-L1 September 23, 2025 (Predicted as of Aug 2025)

References

  1. ^ "History of NOAA Satellites". NOAA. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
  2. ^ "A Legacy in Orbit: NOAA Decommissions the POES Satellite Constellation".
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  4. ^ "POES History".
  5. ^ "Digital collections | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration".
  6. ^ a b c d e "Optimum management strategies for the NOAA" (PDF). apps.dtic.mil.
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  8. ^ "AMS members win Commerce gold and silver medals" (PDF). journals.ametsoc.org.
  9. ^ "NOAA-4 Launched" (PDF). journals.ametsoc.org.
  10. ^ "Spac0249.JPG | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration".
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) I-M and N-P Series Imager Data".
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ Staff, SpaceNews (December 7, 2009). "NOAA Deactivates GOES-10 After 12 Years of Service".
  14. ^ "Sat notes".
  15. ^ "Meteorological Satellite Frequencies".
  16. ^ "GOES-12 is retired from service". 16 August 2013.
  17. ^ "Jason-1 Satellite Decommissioning | PO.DAAC / JPL / NASA".
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