Weather Satellite History By victoria_owings Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Launched Apr 1, 1960 First Weather Satellite Launch Jan 23, 1970 first improved satellite launched May 17, 1974 SMS-1, launched Feb 6, 1975 SMS-2, launched Oct 16, 1975 The first GOES was launched Mar 28, 1983 NOAA-8 was launched Apr 13, 1994 GOES-8 first three-axis stabilized spacecraft launched May 24, 2006 GOES-13, launched Jan 30, 2012 GOES-P spacecraft loaded
