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TIROS-1 first Weather Satellite launched
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From 1966-2001 around 12 more GOES satellites were launched
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The United States operates two meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit, one over the East Coast and one over the West Coast with overlapping coverage over the United States
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Two Synchronous Meteorological Satellites were launched by NASA SMS-1launched on May 17 1974 SMS-2
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On this date the fist ever GOES (geostationary operational enviormental satellite) was launched
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First POES satellite launched
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On Oct. 3, 1994, NOAA, DoD, and NASA created an Integrated Program Office to develop manage acquire and operate the NPOESS system
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the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration celebrated the 40th anniversary of the launch of the world's first weather satellite
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The GOES-13 satellite brokedown during orbit
