polar orbiting environmental satellites
1Polar Operational Environmental Satellites — The Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) project operates a constellation of weather satellites in polar orbits around the Earth. It is a joint effort between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European …
2Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite — The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (or GOES) program is a key element in United States National Weather Service (NWS) operations. GOES weather imagery and quantitative sounding data are a continuous and reliable stream of… …
3List of Earth observation satellites — Partial list of Earth observation satellites by series/program.* See also: Timeline of Earth science satellites, unmanned space missions, satellites Commercial*Disaster Monitoring Constellation *EROS *FORMOSAT 2 *IKONOS *QuickBird *RapidEye *SPOT …
4NPOESS Preparatory Project — (NPP) Operator NASA/NOAA/DOD Major contractors Ball Aerospace, United Launch Alliance Current destination …
5Byrd Polar Research Center — History = The Byrd Polar center at Ohio State University was established in 1960 as the Institute for Polar Studies. Research foci originally included geology, glaciology, and biology. The name was changed to [http://www bprc.mps.ohio state.edu… …
6Argos System — Argos is a satellite based system which collects, processes and disseminates environmental data from fixed and mobile platforms worldwide. What makes Argos unique is the ability to geographically locate the source of the data anywhere on the… …
7POES — abbr. astr. Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites …
8Weather satellite — GOES 8, a United States weather satellite. The weather satellite is a type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be either polar orbiting, seeing the same swath of the Earth every 12… …
9MetOp — A Organization: EUMETSAT Mission type: Earth Science Satellite of: Earth Launch …
10National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — NOAA Agency overview Formed October 3, 1970 (1970 10 03 …
