NOAA owns or operates a total of 15 satellites.
NOAA owns and operates eight satellites, which include:
- Five geostationary (GOES-14, -16, -17, -18, and -19)
- Two polar-orbiting polar-orbiting (NOAA -20, and -21)
- One deep space satellite (DSCOVR)
NOAA operates but does not own, seven satellites, which include:
- Suomi NPP (NOAA/NASA)
- Jason-3 (CNES owns)
- Three Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites (F-16, F-17, F-19)
- EWS-G1 and EWS-G2 (Air Force owns, formerly GOES-13 and GOES-15)
Our Satellites
Satellite Operations
The Office of Satellite Ground Services (OSGS) oversees the development and sustainment of all NESDIS satellite ground systems. These ground systems are vital in order to get information obtained from space to the users who need it on the ground everyday.
The Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) is responsible for maintaining the comprehensive scheduling and data information for both Geostationary and Polar orbiting satellites, and provides imagery and products derived from the data these satellites collect. These include, near-real time imagery of current or developing cyclones, satellite imagery depicting various sectors of the United States, and an array of other atmospheric data products.
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