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TheNational Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) was created by theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to operate and manage the United States environmental satellite programs, and manage the data gathered by theNational Weather Service and other government agencies and departments.[1]
In August 1980, the National Earth Satellite Service (NESS) was removed from the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Services and became a principal agency line organization in NOAA with an Assistant Administrator who reported directly to the Administrator. This move reflected the increasing importance of satellite observations to NOAA's environmental science and service responsibilities. It was largely precipitated by a decision by the Carter Administration in November 1979 to assign NOAA management responsibility for all civil operationalremote sensing from space. NESDIS was formed in 1982 with the merger of NESS and the Environmental Data Service.
NESDIS has managed operational polar orbiting satellites (POES) since 1966. Additionally, NESDIS has managed operationalgeosynchronous satellites (GOES) satellites since 1974. New generations of satellites are being developed to succeed the current polar orbiting and geosynchronous satellites: theJoint Polar Satellite System) andGOES-R. The first satellite in the GOES-R series launched on November 19, 2016.JPSS-1 successfully launched on November 18, 2017.
In 1979, NOAA's firstpolar-orbiting environmental satellite was launched. Current satellites owned and/or operated by NESDIS includeNOAA-15,NOAA-18,NOAA-19,NOAA-20,NOAA-21,GOES-13/EWS-G1,GOES-14,GOES-15/EWS-G2GOES-16,GOES-17,Jason-3, andDSCOVR.[2] Since May 1998 NESIDS has operated theDefense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites on behalf of theUnited States Space Force.
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NESDIS'sNational Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) archives data collected by the NOAA,U.S. Navy,U.S. Air Force, theFederal Aviation Administration, and meteorological services around the world. NCEI is the result of a merger of NOAA'sNational Climatic Data Center, National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC),National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), andNational Geophysical Data Center (NGDC).
NESDIS also runs many offices, including:[3][4]
In 1960,TIROS-1, NASA's first owned and operated satellite, was launched. In 1983, NOAA assumed operational responsibility for theLandsat satellite system.
