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	National Satellite Meteorological Center - Chinese Space Agencies
		To be responsible for receiving, processing, distribution and application of foreign and China's meteorological satellite data.
		To help weather stations and various users to receive and use the meteorological satellite data directly, the NSMC is engaged in the researches of satellite data receiving and communication techniques and manufacture of both hardware and software for various meteorological satellite data applications systems.
		Meteorological satellite operators coordinate their activities on a global scale through participation in the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) which meets once a year.
	www.fas.org /spp/guide/china/agency/nsmc.htm (454 words)

	Coverage and Orbits
		This is an illustration of the geographical coverare of the GOES-EAST satellite.
		The furthest poleward excursion of the satellite is at 81 degrees latitude.
		Since polar orbiting satellites are naturally of particular importance in polar regions (due to a combination of poor coverage by geostationary satellites and the frequent overflights of the satellites) it is useful to look at the orbits in a polar stereographic point of view.
	www.rap.ucar.edu /~djohnson/satellite/coverage.html (2095 words)

	Chinese Defence Today :: FY-2 Meteorological Satellite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In 1994 the long-awaited FY-2A GEO meteorological spacecraft was undergoing final check-out on 2 April 1994 before being integrated to its launch vehicle when a fire and explosion erupted due to the upper-stage solid rocket motor failure, destroying the vehicle, killing two technical staffs, and injuring 20 or more others.
		The FY-2 satellite is operationally similar to GMS with high resolution stretched VISSR data (5km IR, 5km WV, 1.25km VIS), low resolution Wefax (analogue), DCP capability and a new digital S-band fax service (CCITT G3) for domestic distribution of charts and imagery.
		The attitude of the satellite is spin stabilised with a speed of 100 r/min.
	www.sinodefence.com /space/spacecraft/fy2.asp (346 words)

	Chinese Defence Today :: FY-1 Meteorological Satellite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The satellite structure and support systems were developed by Shanghai Satellite Engineering and Research Centre, whereas the payload was developed by the Shanghai Technical Physics Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
		The fourth satellite FY-1D was launched in May 2002 as a co-passenger of HY-1 maritime satellite in May 2002 to replace the FY-1C.
		With the panels deployed, the overall length of the satellite is 8.6m.
	www.sinodefence.com /space/spacecraft/fy1.asp (501 words)

	Meteorological satellite program of China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The main objectives of the program are to establish, with combination of polar and geostationary orbits, a comprehensive operational meteorological satellite system as well as data application systems around the turn of the century, in order to meet the needs on various aspects in China, and enhance the capability of participating international collaboration.
		The instantaneous field of view of the radiometer is 1.2 mrad and the resolution at the satellite subpoint is 1.1 km.
		The Chinese meteorological satellite program is considered to be the contribution of China to the global environmental satellite system.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /aars/acrs/1999/ts7/ts7212pf.htm (2196 words)

	NOAA Home Page - Satellites Theme Page
		The prime customer for the satellite data is the NOAA National Weather Service, which uses satellite data to create forecasts for television, radio and weather advisory services.
		The satellites are also used to support aviation safety (volcanic ash detection), and maritime/shipping safety (ice monitoring and prediction).
		Managed by the NOAA Satellites and Information Service, the CoastWatch Program routinely processes satellite data in near real-time, which means that images are just a few hours old.
	www.noaa.gov /satellites.html (1032 words)

	NOAASIS - NOAA Satellite Information System for NOAA Meteorological / Weather Satellites
		Satellite information is also shared with various Federal agencies, such as the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Defense, and Transportation; with other countries, such as Japan, India, and Russia, and members of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the United Kingdom Meteorological Office; and with the private sector.
		GOES satellite imagery is also used to estimate rainfall during the thunderstorms and hurricanes for flash flood warnings, as well as estimates snowfall accumulations and overall extent of snow cover.
		The satellites provide visible and infrared radiometer data that are used for imaging purposes, radiation measurements, and temperature profiles.
	noaasis.noaa.gov /NOAASIS/ml/genlsatl.html (1781 words)

	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F10 Satellite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The spacecraft is 3.7 meters in length with a diameter of 1.2 meters with an on-orbit mass of 831 kilograms.
		DMSP Satellite F10 is in a near-circular, sun-synchronous, polar orbit.
		The satellite measures data at a 0.56 km resolution, which is averaged on board, to produce global coverage at 2.7 km resolution.
	podaac.jpl.nasa.gov:2031 /SOURCE_DOCS/dmsp_f10.html (1097 words)

	Introduction to Chinese Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellites
		After years of investigation and analysis, a design report for its first meteorological satellite was submitted in the end of 1970's.
		Soon after that, a meteorological satellite data receiving system and a satellite data processing center were set up, two experimental polar orbiting meteorological satellites were launched then.
		The main objective of this program is to establish a comprehensive operational meteorological satellite system before the end of this century.
	www.osdpd.noaa.gov /EBB/pubs/sympos/symp6.html (785 words)

	China Successfully Launches Fengyun 2 Meteorological Satellite
		The satellite, called the Fengyun 2, was launched by a Long March 3 carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
		The satellite is expected to play an important role in helping improve medium- and long-term weather forecasts and those for natural disasters in the country and in monitoring the ecological environment in western China, according to officials.
		The satellite is equipped with a scanning radiometer, a cloud coverage information system, a data collection translator, and other high-tech equipment.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/china/2000/china-000626.htm (351 words)

	DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program is managed at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. Command and control is provided by a joint-operational team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Suitland, Md.
		The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) mission is to generate terrestrial and space weather data for operational forces worldwide.
		DMSP satellites are launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The most recent occurred on Dec 12, 1999 with the launch of satellite F-15.
	www.losangeles.af.mil /SMC/PA/Fact_Sheets/dmsp_fs.htm (622 words)

	ESA Portal - Russian space agency to launch European meteorological satellite
		The Federal Space Agency has announced that it will support the launch of the European meteorological satellite MetOp-A. The satellite is scheduled to be launched by a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur in April 2006.
		“The MetOp satellite has been procured under a cooperation agreement between ESA and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), in which ESA is responsible for satellite development,” said Alain Fournier-Sicre, head of ESA’s Permanent Mission to Russia.
		MetOp will be the first European satellite dedicated to operational meteorology in the Low Earth Polar orbit, a nominal altitude of 820 km.
	www.esa.int /esaCP/SEMV7Y2IU7E_index_0.html (366 words)

	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Program
		Information from the satellites is used for general weather predictions, as well as for severe weather warnings.
		Intially begun in 1965, over 35 DMSP satellites have been launched.
		The satellites are operated in pairs to provide daily coverage of the entire Earth, with high latitude areas receiving twice daily coverage.
	leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov /msl/Programs/dmsp.html (161 words)

	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Satellite F10
		The DMSP F10 satellite, launched in December 1990, is in a near circular, sun synchronous, polar orbit.
		The satellite did not achieve the desired orbit, and as a result the orbit is more elliptical than it was designed to be.
		NOTE: The satellite did not achieve the desired orbit, and as a result the equator crossing time is increasing by approximately 45 minutes per year.
	nsidc.org /data/docs/daac/f10_platform.gd.html (1173 words)

	Overview and History of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
		From 1970 to 1976, 11 satellites in the Block 5A, B, and C series were launched using the Thor Burner II as booster.
		The satellite's batteries were quickly depleted because the solar-cell array was not locked on the sun, and all systems were dead after 16 orbits.
		In 1998, DMSP satellite operations were transferred to NOAA, which jointly operates both military and civilian meteorological satellites, but the acquisition function for DMSP remains with DOD.
	www.aero.org /publications/crosslink/winter2005/02.html (2480 words)

	GEO-NEWS AROUND THE WORLD
		The cylindrical satellite measures 2.1 m by 1.6 m, and is dual spin-stabilized at a rate of 100 rpm.
		Since any geostationary satellite produces large volumes of data, and FY-2, with its three bands, and hourly observations is no exception, we plan to place a computer at the reception site to generate segmented or subsampled files for reduced-volume transmission of the key data sets for real-time projects.
		In the fall of 2004, the China Meteorologic Administration (CMA), sponsored by the Commission of Science and Technology Industry for National Defence, signed a contract for the research, manufacturing, launch and monitoring of the second generation of geosynchronous satellites, Fengyun-2 batch two (FY-2 02), which would be launched atop Long March 3A rockets.
	rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov /goes/text/geonews.html (4857 words)

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		This is the first tropical storm captured by a meteorological satellite camera.
		TIROS satellites were 18-sided polygons, 22 1/2 inches high with a 42-inch diameter.
		TIROS II was the first meteorological satellite to have infra-red sensors as well as television cameras.
	www.photolib.noaa.gov /space/spind3.htm (1171 words)

	Citations: Meteorological Satellite Center - User's, Pub (ResearchIndex) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		....periods when the satellite is eclipsed, for periods of solar interference, typhoon special observation periods and occasional satellite maintainance periods.
		These include: satellite elevation and orientation; latitude and longitude of the sub satellite position; sensor calibration information; time and date stamp of image start and end record times; Earth radius and east....
		Variations in the observation schedule are made for periods when the satellite is eclipsed, for periods of solar interference, typhoon special observation periods and occasional satellite maintainance periods.
	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /context/491141/0 (1216 words)

	Polar Orbiting Satellites: the POES program
		The DMSP and NPOES satellites are operational meteorological satellites.
		Later satellites in the Improved TIROS Operational Satellite (ITOS) program were expanded to capture concurrent multiple-channel data on a daily basis.
		Its track is due to a combination of the orbital plane of the satellite coupled with the rotation of the Earth beneath the satellite.
	ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu /(Gh)/guides/rs/sat/poes/home.rxml (272 words)

	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
		The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) is a Department of Defense (DoD) program run by the Air Force Space and Missle Systems Center (SMC).
		The data from the DMSP satellites are received and used at operational centers continuously.
		Currently, data from 4 satellites (3 day/night, 1 dawn/dusk) are added to the archive each day.
	dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov (212 words)

	NWA Meteorological Satellite Applications Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Iacopelli's research advisor, Dr. John Knox, an Assistant Professor of Meteorology at Valparaiso, indicated that this work clearly illustrates the value and use of satellite remote sensing data in weather analysis and forecasting and thus was very appropriate for consideration for this award.
		The NWA Meteorological Satellite Applications Award was established to stimulate interest and foster the study and use of satellite remote sensing data in weather analysis and forecasting.
		Undergraduate students are invited to write an original paper on meteorological satellite applications.
	www.nwas.org /metsat.html (287 words)

	Meteorological Satellite Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) can orbit the Earth in a geosynchronous manner along an equatorial plane, meaning that it is able to monitor the same location all the time.
		UW-Madison is also associated with the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) which includes POES and GOES images, instrument development, and research applications.
		Europe's Meteorological Satellite Organization (EUMETSAT) incorporates 17 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK.
	slisweb.lis.wisc.edu /~heather/653/wx.html (1551 words)

	Box 3-E--DoD's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Each current DMSP block 5D-2 satellite flies in a polar orbit at an altitude of 832 km (530 miles), and views the entire globe twice per day.
		The satellites are capable of storing up to 2 days' worth of data before downloading to ground stations located at Fairchild AFB, Washington, and Kaena Point, Hawaii.
		The bus, the structural element of the satellite that carries and powers the sensors, is similar to the bus used for the TIROS satellites.
	www.ciesin.org /docs/005-356/box3E.html (346 words)

	Air Force Link - Fact Sheet : Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Two operational DMSP satellites are in polar orbits at about 458 nautical miles (nominal) at all times.
		The DMSP satellites also measure local charged particles and electromagnetic fields to assess the impact of the ionosphere on ballistic-missile early warning radar systems and long-range communications.
		Additionally, these data are used to monitor global auroral activity and to predict the effects of the space environment on satellite operations.
	www.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=94 (379 words)

	EUROPA - Space - - Profile: EUMETSAT – Europe's meteorological satellite organisation
		EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) was created through an international Convention agreed by 18 European Member States.
		It is responsible for the launch and operation of weather and environmental monitoring satellites and for delivering satellite data to end-users.
		The success of that satellite led to an Intergovernmental Conference, held in two sessions in 1981 and 1983, which agreed on the establishment of a new organisation.
	europa.eu.int /comm/space/news/article_1299_en.html (800 words)

	NOAA News Online (Story 2015)
		NOAA processed the night lights data taken by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP).
		NOAA processed the data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite.
		NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of the nation’s coastal and marine resources.
	www.noaanews.noaa.gov /stories/s2015.htm (327 words)

	New Meteorological Satellite for India
		The Indian government on 17/11/2000 approved the indigenous construction of a meteorological satellite (METSAT) to support the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) in cyclone warning and weather imagery.
		Estimated to cost Rs 75 crore, the satellite would be launched from India with a modified indigenous polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV).
		The lift off mass of the satellite is 950 kg and the satellite would be raised to the final geo-synchronous orbit of 36,000 km.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /news/2000/nov/indiangov.htm (174 words)

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