# National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
*companies*

## Specifications
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- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-10
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
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## Editorial
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.[^nesdis-jpss-2026] 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.[^noaa-satellites-2026]

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.

## Compositional position
- goes-17 (missions) --[related]--> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

## Sources
- [noaa-wiki-2026] | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-10
  Agency overview, founding 1970, budget ~$6.9B, 12000 employees, Dept of Commerce
- [nesdis-jpss-2026] | Joint Polar Satellite System | NESDIS | NOAA | https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/currently-flying/joint-polar-satellite-system | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-10
  JPSS polar satellite program: Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21; instruments VIIRS, ATMS, CrIS, OMPS
- [noaa-satellites-2026] | Satellites | NOAA | https://www.noaa.gov/satellites | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-10
  GOES-R series (GEO), JPSS (LEO), Jason-3 (altimetry), COSMIC-2 (radio occultation)

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