Top 10 big events in Weather Satellite History By 20141500 Jan 1, 1953 U.S. Commited to placing on Earth Satelite Jan 1, 1958 Eisenhower admisntration orbited on Earth Satellite Jan 31, 1958 JUNO-1 was launched Feb 17, 1959 First Weather Satellite Apr 1, 1960 First Successful Satellite: Tiros -1 Jun 1, 1962 Dr.Siegfried Fred Singer became the first Director of National Weather Satellite Service Jan 1, 1964 Series of Weather Satellites operated May 1, 1974 First of new series of GOES Satellites Apr 14, 2010 GOES-13 Took over the role of GOES-EAST Dec 1, 2011 GOES-11 was GOES-WEST over the Eastern Pacific Ocean then replaced