NOAA-N Prime and GOES-O in Orbit Animation

  • Released Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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Since 1960, NOAA has operated a fleet of Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellites called POES, complimented by the higher altitude (36,000km) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). The stationary GOES satellites give a constant view from two points in space, while the polar-orbiting NOAA-N Prime circles the Earth at a lower altitude (860km) once every 102 minutes. These two systems provide continuous data about the global atmosphere.

Animation showing the orbit paths for both the GOES and POES spacecraft.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, January 21, 2009.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.

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