Geostationary Weather Satellites

2007 global coverage with -- 5 satellite programs – (USA, Europe, India, China, Japan)-- 10 satellites (8 operational)

USA: NOAA

• GOES– GOES-11 (GOES-West) operational at 135W– GOES-12 (GOES-East) operational at 75W– GOES-10 operational at 60W– GOES-13 launched 2006, in storage, Science

Test (ended 12-31-06)

at 105W

Europe: EUMETSAT

• Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)– Meteosat-8 (MSG-1) operational at 0 deg lon– Meteosat-7 operational at 57E

India: INSAT

• INSAT (Kalpana-1) operational at 74E

China: FY-2C

• FY-2C operational at 105E

Japan: MTSAT

• MTSAT-1R operational at 140E

GOES-11 135W IR window NESDIS server

GOES-13 105W IR window CIRA

GOES-12 75W IR window NESDIS server

GOES-10 60W IR window CIRA

Meteosat-8 0 deg lon IR window NESDIS server

Meteosat-7 57E IR window NESDIS server

Meteosat-5 63E IR window discontinued 25 Jan 07

INSAT (Kalpana-1) 74E IR

real-time images available online at http://www.imd.ernet.in/section/satmet/dynamic/insat.htm

FY-2C 105E IR window NESDIS server

MTSAT-1R 140E IR window NESDIS server

MTSAT-2 was launched in 2006, and is in standby mode at 145E.

GOMS-1 76E IR image from 21 Jun 97

GOMS-1 failed and is no longer operational.

Russia’s GOMS-Electro-1 is scheduled for launch in 2007.

COMS:

Korea plans to launch its first geostationary weather satellite in 2008, to be located either at 116.2 E or 128.2E

Information on the status of current geostaionary weather satellites and plans for future satellites are available online at :

http://www.wmo.ch/web/sat/GOSstatus.html