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Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES)

The polar-orbiting environmental satellites (POES) is a cooperative effort between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United Kingdom and France. The POES system offers the advantage of daily global coverage, by making nearly polar orbits roughly 14.1 times daily. Currently in orbit we have a morning and afternoon satellite, which provide global coverage four times daily. Because of the polar orbiting nature of the POES series satellites, these satellites are able to collect global data on a daily basis for a variety of land, ocean, and atmospheric applications. Data from the POES series supports a broad range of environmental monitoring applications. Under Interagency agreements with NOAA, NASA (GSFC) provided five POES heritage instruments AMSU-1, AMSU-2, AVHRR/3, HIRS/4 and SEM-2 in support of the MetOp B Mission, launched Sept 17, 2012.

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The polar-orbiting environmental satellites (POES) is a cooperative effort between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United Kingdom and France. The POES system offers the advantage of daily global coverage, by making nearly polar orbits roughly 14.1 times daily. Currently in orbit we have a morning and afternoon satellite, which provide global coverage four times daily. Because of the polar orbiting nature of the POES series satellites, these satellites are able to collect global data on a daily basis for a variety of land, ocean, and atmospheric applications. Data from the POES series supports a broad range of environmental monitoring applications. Under Interagency agreements with NOAA, NASA (GSFC) provided five POES heritage instruments AMSU-1, AMSU-2, AVHRR/3, HIRS/4 and SEM-2 in support of the MetOp B Mission, launched Sept 17, 2012.

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2023. "Multipoint Detection of GRB221009A’s Propagation through the Heliosphere.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 956 (1): L4 [10.3847/2041-8213/acf933] [Journal Article/Letter]