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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
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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
INSAT (Kalpana-1) 74E IR real-time images available online at http://www.imd.ernet.in/section/satmet/dynamic/insat.htm
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