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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) N Series

GOES satellite
poster		 GOES and POES poster

GOES/POES poster		 GOES satellite orbits Earth once per day, thus it hovers over the same point on the equator all the time.

GOES satellite
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GOES provides data for short-range weather forecasting and storm warnings.
GOES satellite
details		 MISR instrument on Terra satellite. MISR has nine cameras, each aimed at a different angle to get stereo information for every point on Earth
MISR rendering		 NOAA-18 is the newest Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite. It gathers data to help us understand Earth's climate and how fast it is changing.
NOAA-18
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NOAA-18 weather satellite in final stages of testing before launch in May 2005.
NOAA-18 weather
satellite		 POES provides data for long-term forecasting and climate studies. It also provides many other types of data.
POES satellite
details		 NOAA-18 environmental satellite is checked out before launch.
NOAA-18 prelaunch
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Boeing Delta II rocket ready to take NOAA-18 satellite to polar orbit.
Delta II rocket
for NOAA-18
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