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NOAA Satellites
This is a list of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) polar-orbiting environmental satellites (POES) for longer term forecasting. These satellites are necessary for providing a complete global weather monitoring system. The satellites carry search and rescue instruments, and have helped save the lives of about 10,000 people to date. The satellites are also used to support aviation safety (volcanic ash detection), and maritime/shipping safety (ice monitoring and prediction). The POES satellite system offers the advantage of daily global coverage, by making nearly polar orbits roughly 14.1 times daily. Since the number of orbits per day is not an integer the sub orbital tracks do not repeat on a daily basis, although the local solar time of each satellite's passage is essentially unchanged for any latitude. More
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| Name | NORAD ID | Int'l Code | Launch date | Period
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| NOAA 19 | 33591 | 2009-005A | February 6, 2009 | 102 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 18 | 28654 | 2005-018A | May 20, 2005 | 102 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 17 | 27453 | 2002-032A | June 24, 2002 | 101.1 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 16 | 26536 | 2000-055A | September 21, 2000 | 101.9 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 15 | 25338 | 1998-030A | May 13, 1998 | 101.1 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 12 | 21263 | 1991-032A | May 14, 1991 | 101 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 10 | 16969 | 1986-073A | September 17, 1986 | 100.9 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 9 | 15427 | 1984-123A | December 12, 1984 | 101.7 | Track it | Passes |
| NOAA 6 | 11416 | 1979-057A | June 27, 1979 | 100.6 | Track it | Passes |
| TIROS N | 11060 | 1978-096A | October 13, 1978 | 101.6 | Track it | Passes |
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