National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Government / agency (United States), launches, rockets and satellites

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0Orbital launches

13All launches (incl. suborbital)

35Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a government organisation based in the United States, founded in 1970. Our records show 13 launches and 35 satellites in orbit.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

National Environmental Satellite Service 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Satellites in orbit

By platform

ATN	11
Tiros M	5
FS-1300	5
HS-371	4
A2100	4
SMS	3
Tiros N	3

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
1 Oct 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
29 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
28 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
27 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
26 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
26 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
25 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
25 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
24 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
22 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
21 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success
21 Sep 1973	Datasonde	Super Loki	Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 2 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.