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POES Project - Polar Operational Environmental Satellites

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Satellite Operations (OSO)

+ NOAA Office of
Satellite Data Processing & Distribution (OSDPD)

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with NOAA-N, -N' Supplement

+ NOAA Office of
Systems Development (OSD)

+ NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System

+ Satellite Tracking

NOAA-N' will be the last in the series of TIROS ATN. NOAA-N' has a planned launch date of February 2009 from Vandenberg AFB, CA by a Delta II launch vehicle.
+POES N Prime Brochure
+Nprime Launch update

POES Project
Learn more about the POES Project - organization, current status, and history.
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The History of Polar-orbiting
Weather Satellites
From the launch of TIROS 1 in April 1960 through the launch of NOAA-N.
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Project Manager
Wayne McIntryre

Deputy Project Manager
Mary Walker

Deputy Project Manager/Resources
Fred Lim

NOAA-N
May 20, 2005
+ Windows Media File
(Size: 41.6 MB, Length: 5:16)
+ QuickTime Movie
(Size: 56.8 MB, Length: 5:16)

NOAA-M
Launch through First-Orbit Operations
+ Windows Media File
(Size: 8.01 MB, Length: 10:56)

Introduction to Its Mission and Instruments
+ Windows Media File
(Size: 13.90 MB, Length: 19:02)