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NOAA-18 - Launched May 20, 2005. Afternoon orbit. NOAA-17 - Launched June 24, 2002. Mid-morning orbit. NOAA-16 - Launched September 21, 2000. Afternoon orbit. NOAA-N - May 11, 2005 NPOESS Preparatory Project - October 31, 2006 NOAA-N' - 2008 pending repairs NPOESS C1 - October 2009 NPOESS C2 - October 2010 NPOESS C3 - October 2011 NPOESS C4 - June 2013 NPOESS C5 June 2016 NPOESS C6 June 2018 |
GOES-M - Launched July 23, 2001 GOES-N - June 23, 2005 GOES-O - July 2007 GOES-P - October 2008 GOES-Q - Canceled GOES-R - April 2012 |
DMSP F19 April 2009 DMSP F20 October 2011 |
EUMETSAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-1) - Launched August 28, 2002 MSG-2 - 2004 (approximately eighteen months after MSG-1) MSG-3 - 2008 (approximately four years after MSG-2) MetOp-A (MetOp-2) - June 2006 MetOp-B (MetOp-1) - January-June 2010 |
Russia GOMS-N2 - 2005 Meteor 3M-N1 - launched December 10, 2001 Meteor 3M-N2 - December 2004 |
Japan Multifunctional
Transport Satellite (MTSat) MTSat-1R - Feb 24, 2005 MTSat-2 - 2005 |
China FY-2B geostationary
satellite launched June 26, 2000 China FY-2C - 2004 China FY-2D - 2006 China FY-2E - 2009 China FY-1D polar orbiter launched May 15, 2002 |
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NOAA-15 launch,
1552 UTC, 13 May
1998 (Image 509k)