Program archive

Geostationary weather satellites

Geostationary weather satellites is explored here through 22 archived missions, from SMS-1 through GOES-19, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

Missions: 22
People: 0
Vehicles: 22

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Choose a path through the Geostationary weather satellites archive.

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Geostationary weather satellites timeline

22 flights. One complete program record.

Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.

Every Geostationary weather satellites program record

All 22 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.

Launch corridor

22 flights and tests compressed into 2 expandable arcs.

Arc 01Ignition1974–2010 · 18 records
Arc 02Final approach2016–2024 · 4 records

Flight arc 01IgnitionSMS-1 → GOES-151974–2010 · 18 records1974–2010
18 records

Flight arc 02Final approachGOES-16 → GOES-192016–2024 · 4 records2016–2024
4 records