1. Geostationary Weather Satellites 2007 global coverage with -- 5 satellite programs – (USA, Europe, India, China, Japan) -- 10 satellites (8 operational)

2. USA: NOAA GOES –GOES-11 (GOES-West) operational at 135W –GOES-12 (GOES-East) operational at 75W –GOES-10 operational at 60W –GOES-13 launched 2006, in storage, Science Test (ended 12-31-06) at 105W

3. Europe: EUMETSAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) –Meteosat-8 (MSG-1) operational at 0 deg lon –Meteosat-7 operational at 57E

4. India: INSAT INSAT (Kalpana-1) operational at 74E

5. China: FY-2C FY-2C operational at 105E

6. Japan: MTSAT MTSAT-1R operational at 140E

7. GOES-11 135W IR windowNESDIS server

8. GOES-13 105WIR windowCIRA

9. GOES-1275WIR windowNESDIS server

10. GOES-10 60WIR windowCIRA

11. Meteosat-80 deg lonIR windowNESDIS server

12. Meteosat-7 57EIR windowNESDIS server

13. Meteosat-563EIR windowdiscontinued 25 Jan 07

14. INSAT (Kalpana-1) 74E IR real-time images available online at http://www.imd.ernet.in/section/satmet/dynamic/insat.htm

15. FY-2C105EIR windowNESDIS server

16. MTSAT-1R140EIR windowNESDIS server MTSAT-2 was launched in 2006, and is in standby mode at 145E.

17. GOMS-1 76EIR image from 21 Jun 97 GOMS-1 failed and is no longer operational. Russia’s GOMS-Electro-1 is scheduled for launch in 2007.

18. COMS: Korea plans to launch its first geostationary weather satellite in 2008, to be located either at 116.2 E or 128.2E

19. Information on the status of current geostaionary weather satellites and plans for future satellites are available online at : http://www.wmo.ch/web/sat/GOSstatus.html