National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

39 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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code NOAA, 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. It is part of Department of Commerce. See every satellite of Department of Commerce.

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 satelliteGeostationaryYes
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 satelliteGeostationaryYes
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 satelliteGeostationaryYes
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 satelliteGeostationaryYes
EWS-G2 (GOES 15)Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
EWS-G3 (GOES 14)Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
NOAA 19Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
EWS-G1 (GOES 13)Earth-watching satelliteMedium Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 18Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 17Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 12Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
NOAA 16Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 11Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
NOAA 15Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 10Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GOES 9Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
NOAA 14Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 8Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
NOAA 13Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 12Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 11Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 7Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
NOAA 10Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 9Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
LANDSAT 5Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 6Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
NOAA 8Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 7Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 5Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GOES 4Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
NOAA 6Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 3Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
GOES 2Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
NOAA 5Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
GOES 1 (SMS-C)Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryEnded
NOAA 4Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 3Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 2 (ITOS-D)Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
NOAA 1Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded