EO·Atlas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a United States federal agency within the Department of Commerce, established in 1970. NOAA operates the national civil weather, ocean, and climate satellite infrastructure.
NOAA's satellite fleet spans two primary orbital regimes. The GOES-R series provides geostationary coverage over the Americas. The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) delivers global low-Earth orbit coverage through Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, and NOAA-21, carrying instruments including VIIRS, ATMS, CrIS, and OMPS.[1] Beyond weather satellites, NOAA operates Jason-3 for ocean altimetry and participates in the FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 constellation for GPS radio occultation atmospheric profiling.[2]
NOAA data products underpin operational weather forecasting, hurricane monitoring, ocean and ice observation, and long-term climate monitoring across government, commercial, and research users worldwide.
Named with
In the same stories- MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) Instrument · named together · 1 story
- Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Instrument · named together · 1 story
- PACE Mission · named together · 1 story
Operates
- Suomi NPPExtended operations
Launched 2011-10-28 / sun-synchronous
- NOAA-20Operational
Launched 2017-11-18 / sun-synchronous
- NOAA-21Operational
Launched 2022-11-10 / sun-synchronous
- GOES-17Operational
Launched 2018-03-01 / Geostationary orbit, 35786 km; backup at 89.5 W per WMO / 0.0035 day revisit / 18000 km swath
- DSCOVROperational
Launched 2015-02-11 / Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point, about 1.5 million km from Earth
- GOES-16Operational
Launched 2016-11-19 / Geostationary orbit; on-orbit storage at 104.7 degrees west / 0.003472 day revisit
- GOES-19Operational
Launched 2024-06-25 / Geostationary orbit; GOES East at 75.2 degrees west / 0.003472 day revisit
All missions (9)
- GOES-18Operational
Launched 2022-03-01 / Geostationary orbit; GOES West at 137.0 degrees west / 0.003472 day revisit
Manufactures
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1 band / Operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator - Solar Ultraviolet ImagerOptical
Specs not publicly disclosed / Operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator -
Specs not publicly disclosed / Operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator -
Specs not publicly disclosed / Operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator - GOES-R MagnetometerOptical
Specs not publicly disclosed / Operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator -
Specs not publicly disclosed / Operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
Distributes
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netCDF / Free public NOAA operational product access.
Operator pricingFree access -
NOAA CLASS archive product / Free public archive access through NOAA CLASS.
Operator pricingFree access
- [1]Joint Polar Satellite System | NESDIS | NOAAagency doc2026-06-10JPSS polar satellite program: Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21; instruments VIIRS, ATMS, CrIS, OMPS
- [2]Satellites | NOAAagency doc2026-06-10GOES-R series (GEO), JPSS (LEO), Jason-3 (altimetry), COSMIC-2 (radio occultation)
- [3]National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-10Agency overview, founding 1970, budget ~$6.9B, 12000 employees, Dept of Commerce
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@misc{eoatlas:companies:noaa,
title = {National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/noaa}
}