This is a list of satellites owned and operated (formerly or currently) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as well as planned, failed, and cancelled launches.
Program(s) Generation Launch designation Operational designation Launch date Decommission date ITOS 3rd Gen POES ITOS-A NOAA-1 December 11, 1970 August 19, 1971 ITOS 3rd Gen POES ITOS-D NOAA-2 October 15, 1972 January 30, 1975 ITOS 3rd Gen POES ITOS-F NOAA-3 November 6, 1973 August 31, 1976 ITOS 3rd Gen POES ITOS-G NOAA-4 November 15, 1974 November 18, 1978 ITOS 3rd Gen POES ITOS-H NOAA-5 July 29, 1976 July 16, 1979 GOES SMS Derived GOES-A GOES-1 October 16, 1975 March 7, 1995 GOES SMS Derived GOES-B GOES-2 June 16, 1977 May 5, 2001 GOES SMS Derived GOES-C GOES-3 June 16, 1978 June 29, 2016 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-A NOAA-6 June 27, 1979 March 31, 1987 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-B N/A May 29, 1980 Launch failure POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-C NOAA-7 June 23, 1981 June 7, 1986 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-E NOAA-8 March 28, 1983 December 29, 1985 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-F NOAA-9 December 12, 1984 February 13, 1998 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-G NOAA-10 September 17, 1986 August 30, 2001 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-H NOAA-11 September 24, 1988 June 16, 2004 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-D NOAA-12 May 14, 1991 August 10, 2007 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-I NOAA-13 August 9, 1993 August 21, 1993 POES 4th Gen POES NOAA-J NOAA-14 December 30, 1994 May 23, 2007 GOES 1st Gen GOES GOES-D GOES-4 September 9, 1980 November 11, 1988 GOES 1st Gen GOES GOES-E GOES-5 May 15, 1981 July 18, 1990 GOES 1st Gen GOES GOES-F GOES-6 April 28, 1983 May 24, 1992 GOES 1st Gen GOES GOES-G N/A May 3, 1986 Failed Orbit GOES 1st Gen GOES GOES-H GOES-7 February 26, 1987 April 12, 2012 GOES 2nd Gen GOES GOES-I GOES-8 April 13, 1994 May 5, 2004 GOES 2nd Gen GOES GOES-J GOES-9 May 23, 1995 July 28, 1998 GOES 2nd Gen GOES GOES-K GOES-10 April 25, 1997 December 02, 2009 GOES 2nd Gen GOES GOES-L GOES-11 May 3, 2000 December 16, 2011 GOES 2nd Gen GOES GOES-M GOES-12 July 23, 2001 August 16, 2013 POES 5th Gen POES NOAA-K NOAA-15 May 13, 1998 August 19, 2025 POES 5th Gen POES NOAA-L NOAA-16 September 21, 2000 September 17, 2003 POES 5th Gen POES NOAA-M NOAA-17 June 24, 2002 April 10, 2013 POES 5th Gen POES NOAA-N NOAA-18 May 20, 2005 June 6, 2025 POES 5th Gen POES NOAA-N Prime NOAA-19 February 6, 2009 August 13, 2025 NOAA Jason / NASA OSTM N/A JASON-1 JASON-1 December 7, 2001 July 1, 2013 NOAA Jason / NASA OSTM N/A JASON-2 JASON-2 June 20, 2008 October 10, 2019 NOAA Jason / NASA OSTM N/A JASON-3 JASON-3 January 17, 2016 GOES 3rd Gen GOES GOES-N GOES-13 EWS-G1 May 24, 2006 GOES 3rd Gen GOES GOES-O GOES-14 June 27, 2009 GOES 3rd Gen GOES GOES-P GOES-15 March 4, 2010 GOES 3rd Gen GOES GOES-Q N/A Cancelled Cancelled SUOMI-NPP / JPSS N/A SUOMI-NPP SUOMI-NPP October 28, 2011 JPSS N/A JPSS-1 NOAA-20 November 18, 2017 JPSS N/A JPSS-2 NOAA-21 November 10, 2022 JPSS N/A JPSS-3 NOAA-23 2033 (predicted as of July 2026) JPSS N/A JPSS-4 NOAA-22 2028 (predicted as of July 2026) GOES 4th Gen GOES GOES-R GOES-16 November 19, 2016 GOES 4th Gen GOES GOES-S GOES-17 March 1, 2018 GOES 4th Gen GOES GOES-T GOES-18 March 1, 2022 GOES 4th Gen GOES GOES-U GOES-19 June 25, 2024 DSCOVR 1st Gen Deep Space Satellite DSCOVR DSCOVR February 11, 2015 SWFO 2nd Gen Deep Space Satellite SWFO-L1 SOLAR-1 September 24, 2025
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