--- - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-15.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-15 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 15' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1998-05-01T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-15 url: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/POES/index.html - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 2014-06-09T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-16.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-16 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 16' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2000-09-21T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-16 url: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/POES/index.html - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 2013-04-10T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-17.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-17 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 17' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2002-06-24T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-17 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-18.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-18 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 18' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2005-05-20T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-18 url: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/POES/index.html - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 2016-03-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-19.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-19 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2009-02-04T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-19 url: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/POES/index.html - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-2.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-2 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 2' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1982-12-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-2 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-3.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-3 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 3' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1982-12-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-3 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-4.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-4 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 4' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1982-12-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-4 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-5.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-5 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 5' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1982-12-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-5 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-6.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-6 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 6' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1982-12-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-6 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-7.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-7 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 7' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1982-12-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-7 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-8.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-8 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 8' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1982-12-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-8 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/noaa-poes-series-5th-generation end_date: 1997-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-9.yaml identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-9 name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9' platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1984-12-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-9 url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/ - description: "EO-1 is a technology demonstration mission in NASA's NMP (New Millennium Program) Earth science program (a Landsat-7 follow-up) with the overall objectives to perform Landsat-like measurements and to explore new remote sensing technologies (instruments, spacecraft, ground segment) that advance and enhance capabilities [evaluation/validation of technologies and performance, intersatellite calibration (comparison of data), evaluation of lunar calibration, autonomous navigation/instrument operation, use of proven new technologies for other missions]. A number of baseline validation scenarios are defined (generation of test scenes, ground proofs in conjunction with major field campaigns, airborne underflights, tandem flights with Landsat-7, etc.) in support of the overall objectives. S/C design life = 1 year. The paradigm of “faster, better and cheaper” applies to all aspects of the mission." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/e/eo-1 end_date: 2015-09-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/new-millenium-program-earth-observing-1.yaml identifier: new-millenium-program-earth-observing-1 name: New Millenium Program Earth Observing-1 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2000-11-23T00:00:00 uri: /platform/new-millenium-program-earth-observing-1 url: http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/ - description: 'In November 2006, NASRDA (National Space Research and Development Agency) of Abuja, Nigeria awarded a contract to SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.) of Guildford, UK, to develop and build NigeriaSat-2, including the related ground infrastructure and image processing facilities, together with an extensive training program to further develop an indigenous space capability in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. NASRDA is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology of Nigeria established in 1999.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nigeriasat-2 end_date: 2010-12-31T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/nigeriasat-1.yaml identifier: nigeriasat-1 name: NigeriaSat-1 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2003-09-27T00:00:00 uri: /platform/nigeriasat-1 url: http://www.nasrda.net - description: 'In November 2006, NASRDA (National Space Research and Development Agency) of Abuja, Nigeria awarded a contract to SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.) of Guildford, UK, to develop and build NigeriaSat-2, including the related ground infrastructure and image processing facilities, together with an extensive training program to further develop an indigenous space capability in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. NASRDA is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology of Nigeria established in 1999.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nigeriasat-2 end_date: 2018-08-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/nigeriasat-2.yaml identifier: nigeriasat-2 name: NigeriaSat-2 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2011-08-17T00:00:00 uri: /platform/nigeriasat-2 url: http://www.nasrda.net - description: "NASRDA (National Space Research & Development Agency) of Abuja, Nigeria has continued its association with SSTL, with two parallel projects - the and NigeriaSat-2. Like NigeriaSat-1, NX is based on the SSTL-100, but is being developed by a team of 26 Nigerian trainee engineers at SSTL's facilities in England. The Nigerian engineers will completely manage the total lifecycle of the NX and will be responsible for the delivery of the satellite to full flight specification." description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nigeriasat-x end_date: 2018-08-01T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/nigeriasat-x.yaml identifier: nigeriasat-x name: NigeriaSat-X platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 2011-08-17T00:00:00 uri: /platform/nigeriasat-x url: http://www.nasrda.net - description: 'Nimbus is a NASA meteorological research-and-development satellite program (parallel to the operational TIROS program) which started in 1963 with the prime objective to test new instrument concepts (introduction of sensor technology), a secondary objective was to provide atmospheric data for improved weather forecasts. Eventually, the series grew more into a major Earth sciences program (study of oceans, land surfaces and atmosphere) with the availability of better sensing instrumentation. The ERTS (Earth Resources Technology Satellite, later renamed to Landsat-1) program, developed in the early 1970s, is a direct descendent of the Nimbus program.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nimbus-7 end_date: 1972-01-22T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/nimbus-3.yaml identifier: nimbus-3 name: NIMBUS-3 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1969-04-14T00:00:00 uri: /platform/nimbus-3 url: ~ - description: 'Nimbus is a NASA meteorological research-and-development satellite program (parallel to the operational TIROS program) which started in 1963 with the prime objective to test new instrument concepts (introduction of sensor technology), a secondary objective was to provide atmospheric data for improved weather forecasts. Eventually, the series grew more into a major Earth sciences program (study of oceans, land surfaces and atmosphere) with the availability of better sensing instrumentation. The ERTS (Earth Resources Technology Satellite, later renamed to Landsat-1) program, developed in the early 1970s, is a direct descendent of the Nimbus program.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nimbus-7 end_date: 1980-09-30T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/nimbus-4.yaml identifier: nimbus-4 name: NIMBUS-4 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1970-04-15T00:00:00 uri: /platform/nimbus-4 url: ~ - description: 'Nimbus is a NASA meteorological research-and-development satellite program (parallel to the operational TIROS program) which started in 1963 with the prime objective to test new instrument concepts (introduction of sensor technology), a secondary objective was to provide atmospheric data for improved weather forecasts. Eventually, the series grew more into a major Earth sciences program (study of oceans, land surfaces and atmosphere) with the availability of better sensing instrumentation. The ERTS (Earth Resources Technology Satellite, later renamed to Landsat-1) program, developed in the early 1970s, is a direct descendent of the Nimbus program.' description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/n/nimbus-7 end_date: 1983-03-29T00:00:00 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/nimbus-6.yaml identifier: nimbus-6 name: NIMBUS-6 platform_type_identifier: spacecraft start_date: 1975-06-12T00:00:00 uri: /platform/nimbus-6 url: ~