Department of Commerce

50 satellites in orbit, 6 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

Department of Commerce is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code DOC, of United States of America. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
The GOES-U weather satellite, later named GOES-19, hanging from a crane in a clean room near Kennedy Space Center in January 2024.
Photograph: NASA / Ben Smegelsky (public domain)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 19 (GOES-19)
Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The GOES-R weather satellite, later named GOES-16, standing fully assembled in a clean room in Titusville, Florida, in September 2016, with a technician at its base.
Photograph: NASA / Dimitri Gerondidakis (public domain)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16)
Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The GOES-S weather satellite, later named GOES-17, hanging from a crane as technicians move it to a work stand in a clean room in Titusville, Florida, in December 2017.
Photograph: NASA / Leif Heimbold (public domain)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 17 (GOES-17)
Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The GOES-T weather satellite, later named GOES-18, standing on its stand in a clean room in Titusville, Florida, in January 2022, its solar array folded against its side.
Photograph: NASA / Ben Smegelsky (public domain)
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 18 (GOES-18)
Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
EWS-G2 (GOES 15)Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
EWS-G3 (GOES 14)Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 19Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
EWS-G1 (GOES 13)Earth-watching satelliteMedium Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 18Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 17Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 12Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 16Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 11Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 15Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 10Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 9Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 14Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 8Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 13Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 12Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 11Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 7Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 10Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 9Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
LANDSAT 5Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 6Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 8Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 7Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 5Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 4Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 6Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 3Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 2Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 5Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GOES 1 (SMS-C)Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 4Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 3Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 2 (ITOS-D)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ITOS 1 (TIROS M)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 9 (TOS-G)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 8 (TOS-F)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 7 (TOS-E)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 6 (TOS-D)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 5Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 4 (TOS-B)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 3 (TOS-A)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 2 (OT-2)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
ESSA 1 (OT-3)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration
TIROS 10Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEnvironmental Science Services Administration