NOAA
The U.S. agency operating the GOES geostationary and JPSS/POES polar weather satellites.
Fleet
Satellites and constellations operated by NOAA that are modelled in this encyclopedia.
- GOES-16Active
The first of NOAA's advanced GOES-R geostationary weather satellites, imaging the Western Hemisphere every few minutes for forecasting and storm tracking.
OperatorNOAAOrbitGEOLaunched2016 - Jason-3Active
A radar-altimetry mission continuing the decades-long record of global sea-surface height for oceanography and climate monitoring.
OperatorNOAA / EUMETSAT / NASA / CNESOrbitLEOLaunched2016 - NOAA-20Active
The first satellite of NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System, providing global polar-orbiting weather and environmental observations.
OperatorNOAAOrbitSun-synchronousLaunched2017
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NOAA Solar CalculatorNOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
Public-domain solar-position geometry: sunrise, sunset, solar noon, twilight, declination, and the equation of time.
Public domain (US Government work).