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Weather Satellites
A weather satellite is a type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. These meteorological satellites, however, see more than clouds and cloud systems. City lights, fires, effects of pollution, auroras, sand and dust storms, snow cover, ice mapping, boundaries of ocean currents, energy flows, etc., are other environmental information collected from weather satellites.
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| Name | NORAD ID | Int'l Code | Launch date | Period
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| METEOSAT 5 (MOP 2) | 21140 | 1991-015B | March 2, 1991 | 1462.7 | Track it |
| NOAA 12 | 21263 | 1991-032A | May 14, 1991 | 101 | Track it | Passes |
| METEOSAT 6 | 22912 | 1993-073B | November 20, 1993 | 1454.8 | Track it |
| HIMAWARI 5 (GMS 5) | 23522 | 1995-011B | March 18, 1995 | 1448.6 | Track it |
| GOES 10 | 24786 | 1997-019A | April 25, 1997 | 1452.8 | Track it |
| ORBVIEW 2 (SEASTAR) | 24883 | 1997-037A | August 1, 1997 | 100.5 | Track it | Passes |
| METEOSAT 7 | 24932 | 1997-049B | September 2, 1997 | 1436 | Track it |
| NOAA 15 | 25338 | 1998-030A | May 13, 1998 | 101 | Track it | Passes |
| GOES 11 | 26352 | 2000-022A | May 3, 2000 | 1453.9 | Track it |
| FENGYUN 2B | 26382 | 2000-032A | June 25, 2000 | 1439 | Track it |
| NOAA 16 | 26536 | 2000-055A | September 21, 2000 | 101.9 | Track it | Passes |
| GOES 12 | 26871 | 2001-031A | July 23, 2001 | 1436.5 | Track it |
| FENGYUN 1D | 27431 | 2002-024B | May 15, 2002 | 102.2 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 17 | 27453 | 2002-032A | June 24, 2002 | 101.1 | Track it | Passes |
| METEOSAT 8 (MSG 1) | 27509 | 2002-040B | August 28, 2002 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| KALPANA 1 (METSAT 1) | 27525 | 2002-043A | September 12, 2002 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| INSAT 3A | 27714 | 2003-013A | April 9, 2003 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| FENGYUN 2C | 28451 | 2004-042A | October 19, 2004 | 1436 | Track it |
| MTSAT-1R | 28622 | 2005-006A | February 26, 2005 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| NOAA 18 | 28654 | 2005-018A | May 20, 2005 | 102 | Track it | Passes |
| METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2) | 28912 | 2005-049B | December 21, 2005 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| MTSAT-2 | 28937 | 2006-004A | February 18, 2006 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| METOP-A | 29499 | 2006-044A | October 19, 2006 | 101.3 | Track it | Passes |
| DMSP 5D-3 F17 (USA 173) | 29522 | 2006-050A | November 4, 2006 | 0 | N/A |
| FENGYUN 2D | 29640 | 2006-053A | December 8, 2006 | 1436.2 | Track it |
| FENGYUN 3A | 32958 | 2008-026A | May 27, 2008 | 101.5 | Track it | Passes |
| SHIYUAN 3 (SY-3) | 33433 | 2008-056A | November 5, 2008 | 100.8 | Track it | Passes |
| FENGYUN 2E | 33463 | 2008-066A | December 23, 2008 | 1435.9 | Track it |
| NOAA 19 | 33591 | 2009-005A | February 6, 2009 | 102 | Track it | Passes |
| GOES 14 | 35491 | 2009-033A | June 27, 2009 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| METEOR-M | 35865 | 2009-049A | September 17, 2009 | 101.3 | Track it | Passes |
| DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210) | 35951 | 2009-057A | October 18, 2009 | 0 | N/A |
| GOES 15 | 36411 | 2010-008A | March 4, 2010 | 1435.9 | Track it |
| COMS 1 | 36744 | 2010-032A | June 26, 2010 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| FENGYUN 3B | 37214 | 2010-059A | November 4, 2010 | 101.5 | Track it | Passes |
| ELEKTRO-L | 37344 | 2011-001A | January 20, 2011 | 1436.1 | Track it |
| NPP | 37849 | 2011-061A | October 28, 2011 | 101.4 | Track it | Passes |
| FENGYUN 2F | 38049 | 2012-002A | January 13, 2012 | 1436 | Track it |
| METEOSAT 10 (MSG 3) | 38552 | 2012-035B | July 5, 2012 | 1436.2 | Track it |
| EXACTVIEW-1 | 38709 | 2012-039C | July 22, 2012 | 101.2 | Track it | Passes |
| METOP-B | 38771 | 2012-049A | September 17, 2012 | 101.3 | Track it | Passes |
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