Polar Operational Environmental Satellites

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The Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (or POES) project is a joint effort between National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and international partners providing scientific data from a constellation of low-earth orbiting satellites used for weather prediction. The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is responsible for overseeing the manufacture, integration and test of these satellites[1], and on-orbit satellite operation is performed by NOAA's Office of Satellite Operations (OSO). The POES constellation consists of both TIROS and MetOp satellites.

[edit] Recent Launches

• MetOp-A - Launched 10/19/2006 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
• NOAA-18 - Launched 5/20/2005 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA
• NOAA-17 - Launched 6/24/2002 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA

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