POES History: Pages

  1. Meteorological Satellites 1951-54: Early Concepts
  2. Meteorological Satellites 1960-65: First Views from Space
  3. Research Meteorological Satellites 1964-93
  4. First Operational Meteorological Satellites 1966-69
  5. Meteorological Satellites 1969: IRIS and Early Sounding
  6. Meteorological Satellites 1969-70: First Temperature Profiles
  7. Meteorological Satellites 1970-76: Operational Imager and First Sounder
  8. Meteorological Satellites 1972a: Nimbus-5 and Improved Sounding
  9. Meteorological Satellites 1972b: Nimbus-5 and Microwave Sounding
  10. Meteorological Satellites 1975: Nimbus-6 HIRS
  11. Meteorological Satellites 1976: DMSP OLS Imager
  12. Meteorological Satellites 1978: Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU)
  13. Meteorological Satellites 1987: Microwave Imaging with the SSM/I
  14. Meteorological Satellites 1998: NOAA-K(15) and Beyond