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 [minutes]
GOES-19 (GOES-U)	60133	2024-119A	June 25, 2024	1436.2
WSF-M	59481	2024-070A	April 11, 2024	101.4
YUNHAI 3-02	59343	2024-058A	March 26, 2024	101.9
METEOSAT 12 (MTG I1)	54743	2022-170C	December 13, 2022	1436.1
GOES 18	51850	2022-021A	March 1, 2022	1436.1
FENGYUN 3E	49008	2021-063A	July 4, 2021	101.4
FENGYUN 4B	48808	2021-047A	June 2, 2021	1436.2
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A	43823	2018-100A	December 4, 2018	1436.2
GOES 17	43226	2018-022A	March 1, 2018	1436.1
FENGYUN 3D	43010	2017-072A	November 14, 2017	101.4
WNISAT 1R	42835	2017-042L	July 14, 2017	96.2

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