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    weather satellites

    Also called meteorological satellites, spacecraft that are used to monitor Earth's atmospheric conditions and provide data to help understand and predict global weather patterns. The first was TIROS-1 in 1960. Over the past four decades, the United States, Russia, Europe, and other nations have launched weather satellites into both polar and geostationary orbits. For more details on specific programs and series of spacecraft see:
    • Eumetsat
    • GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Program)
    • GMS (Geosynchronous Meteorolocal Satellite)
    • GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
    • GOMS (Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite)
    • Meteor
    • Meteosat
    • Nimbus
    • NOAA
    • SMS (Synchronous Meteorological Satellite)
    • TIROS

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