Meteorological Satellites

## Meteorological Satellites

- NOAA-GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), USA: A series of geostationary satellites for meteorological application.

- NOAA-POES (Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite), USA: A series of satellites in sun-synchronous near-polar orbits for continuous meteorological observation, sounding of atmospheric profiles and measurement of energy budgets. The current satellites are named as NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 and NOAA-12, with more satellites being planned. Sensors onboard the satellites include the AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer), a passive optical and infrared sensor for global measurement of cloud coverage, sea surface temperature and vegetation.

- METEOSAT, European Space Agency: A series of geostationary satellites covering Europe, Africa and the Atlantic ocean for weather forecast and meteorological studies.

- Fengyun-1, Peoples Republic of China: A series of meteorological satellies in sun-synchronous near-polar orbits.

- Fengyun-2, Peoples Republic of China: Geostationary meteorological satellite.

- GMS (Geostationary Meteorological Satellite), Japan: A series of geostationary meteorological satellites, known by the name Himawari.

- DMSP (Defence Meteorological Satellite Program), USA: A series of meteorological satellites launched by the US Department of Defence.

- INSAT (Indian National Satellite System), India: A series of geostationary satellites for meteorological observation and telecommunication over India and the Indian Ocean.

- METEOR, FSU/Russia: Series of meteorological satellites in sunsynchronous or non-sunsynchronous orbits.

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