Table 11.2
(continued)
Satellite series
Date range
Milestone satellites
Thermal
Spatial
instrument/s
resolution
Administering
(planned)
organization/s
(b) Geostationary satellites
GOES
1974–present
SMS-1
Imager
1–8 km
(SMS)
GOES-11 (West, 135°W, 2000)
NOAA
GOES-13 (East, 75°W, 2006)
GOES-15 (on standby, 2010)
METEOSAT
1977–present
Meteosat-1 (0°, 1977)
MVIRI
2.5–5 km
EUMETSAT
SEVIRI
1–3 km
Meteosat-7 (57.5°E, 1997)
Meteosat-8 (9.5°E, 2002, MSG)
Meteosat-9 (0°, 2005, MSG)
GMS/MTSAT
1978–present
GMS-1 (140°E, 1978)
VISSR
1.25–5 km
JAXA
MTSAT-2 (145°E, 2006)
Imager
1–4 km
Electro
1994–1998
Electro-1 (76°50’E)
STR
1.25–6.25 km
RFSA (Russia)
2011–present
Electro-L (76°E)
MSU-GS
1–4 km
Kalpana
2002–present
Kalpana-1 (74°E)
VHRR
2–8 km
ISRO (India)
a
TRMM orbits with 35° inclination (coverage 38°S–38°N); Davis (2007); Harris (1987)
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