Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for daily
These were checked out they were handed over to the National Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES). Launched three more satellites, called by its modern day name of Meteorological satellites called the Synchronous Meteorological Satellites led to the development of the first operational The success of the ATS-1 and 3 geostationary Was capable of taking Earth disk scans every half hour using the Suomi is regarded as the father of satellite meteorology. Success to the value of weather satellites due to his invention,ĭr. University of Wisconsin, and as a result of the tremendous
Satellite (ATS) flew the first Spin Scan Cloudcover Camera When NASA's Research and Development Application Technology (GOES) series of satellites has its roots in the early 1960's The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)