10 Significant Events in Weather Satellite History By 201316620 Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik is Launched into Orbit Apr 1, 1960 World's First Meteorolgoical Satellite Dec 7, 1966 First Series of ATS Satellites are Launched into Space Jul 23, 1970 Improved TIROS Operation Satellite Launched May 17, 1974 Two Synchronous Meteorological Satellites (SMS) are launched by NASA Feb 6, 1975 SMS-2, Launched into Space Oct 16, 1975 The First GOES Satellite is Launched Mar 28, 1983 Advanced TIROS-N Satellite is Launched Apr 13, 1994 GOES-8 the first three-axis stabilized spacecraft is Launched Dec 12, 1994 NOAA -14 is Launched May 24, 2006 GOES-13 is Launched
