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
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