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POES Status

Recent Outages/Anomalies:

Product Outage/Anomaly: Update #1 - NOAA-20 CERES data outage -Issued: January 18, 2024 1618Z

POES Operational Status

Welcome to the Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) spacecraft status page. This site provides up to date status information on each spacecraft and its various subsystems.

Below are the color designations for each satellite status:

Status Green Yellow Orange Red Blue Blank
Status Color
Meaning Operational (or capable of) Operational with limitations
(or Standby)
Operational with Degraded Performance Not Operational Functional,
Turned Off
No Status Reported
Spacecraft Operational Status Status
NOAA-11, -12, -14, -16, -17 Decommissioned RED
NOAA-15 AM Secondary GREEN
NOAA-18 PM Secondary GREEN
NOAA-19 PM Prime Services Mission GREEN

NOTE:  All LTAN values are valid as of January 04, 2024.


NOAA-15 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   K International Designation:   1998 030A
Catalog Number:   25338 Launch Date:   05/13/1998
Operational Date:   12/15/1998 Operational Status:  AM Secondary
GAC:   Yes HRPT:   Yes   STX-2/MSB   1702.5 MHz
LAC:   No APT:   Yes   VTX-2   137.62 MHz
LTAN:   19:25 Inclination Angle:  98.50 deg
Altitude:  807km Precession Rate:  1.05 (min/month)
Period:  101.1 (minutes)  
Note: On Sep 15, 2018 (18/258) at 0353 UTC, the NOAA-15 AVHRR 3A/3B switching was activated to support snow and ice detection over the Alaska region and will remain in that mode until May 14, 2019 (19/134).

Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
ADACSAttitude Determination and Control SystemGREEN
ADCSAdvanced Data Collection SystemN/A
AMSU-A1Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit -A1YELLOW
AMSU-A2Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit -A2GREEN
AMSU-BAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit -BRED
APT/LRPTAutomatic Picture Transmission / Low Rate Picture TransmissionGREEN
AVHRRAdvanced Very High Resolution RadiometerYELLOW
CCSCommand and Control SystemGREEN
COMMCommunications SystemYELLOW
DCSData Collection SystemGREEN
EPSElectrical Power SystemGREEN
HIRSHigh Resolution Infrared Radiation SounderYELLOW
MHSMicrowave Humidity SounderN/A
SARSearch and RescueYELLOW
SARPSearch and Rescue ProcessorYELLOW
SARRSearch and Rescue RepeaterYELLOW
SBVUSolar Backscatter Ultraviolet N/A
SEMSpace Environment MonitorGREEN
TCCTelemetry, Command, & ControlGREEN
THERMThermal Control SystemYELLOW

NOAA-18 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   N International Designation:   2005018A
Catalog Number:   28654 Launch Date:   05/20/2005
Operational Date:   8/30/2005 Operational Status:  PM Secondary
GAC:   Yes HRPT:   Yes   STX-3/HSB   1707.0 MHz
LAC:   No APT:   Yes   VTX-2   137.9125 MHz
LTAN:   22:37 Inclination Angle:  98.74 deg
Altitude:  854km Precession Rate:  3.52 (min/month)
Period:  102.12 (minutes)  
Note: All NOAA-18 MIMU laser gyros have failed; operating RGYRO GYE mode since August 9, 2017 (17/229). Estimated yaw errors ± 0.5 degrees. AVHRR imagery at scan edges will show geolocation errors but usable.

Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
ADACSAttitude Determination and Control SystemYELLOW
ADCSAdvanced Data Collection SystemN/A
AMSU-A1Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit -A1GREEN
AMSU-A2Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit -A2GREEN
AMSU-BAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit -BN/A
APT/LRPTAutomatic Picture Transmission / Low Rate Picture TransmissionGREEN
AVHRRAdvanced Very High Resolution RadiometerYELLOW
COMMCommunicationsGREEN
DCSData Collection SystemGREEN
EPSElectrical Power SystemGREEN
HIRSHigh Resolution Infrared Radiation SounderRED
MHSMicrowave Humidity SounderRED
SARSearch and RescueGREEN
SARPSearch and Rescue ProcessorGREEN
SARRSearch and Rescue RepeaterGREEN
SBUVSolar Backscatter Ultraviolet RadiometerRED
SEMSpace Environment MonitorYELLOW
TCCTelemetry, Command & ControlGREEN
THERMThermal Control SystemGREEN

NOAA-19 Spacecraft Status Summary


Spacecraft Letter:   N-PRIME International Designation:   2009-005-A
Catalog Number:   33591 Launch Date:   02/06/2009
Operational Date:   6/2/2009 Operational Status:  PM Prime Services Mission
GAC:   Yes HRPT:   Yes   STX-1/LSB   1698.0 MHz
LAC:   No APT:   Yes   VTX-1   137.1 MHz
LTAN:   21:02 Inclination Angle:  98.70 deg
Altitude:  870km Precession Rate:  0.77 (min/month)
Period:  102.14 (minutes)  
Note: On 1 May 2014 SNPP becomes the NOAA Prime Polar Orbiter PM s/c and NOAA-19 becomes the Prime NOAA Services Mission PM s/c. GAC/L1B/LAC/HRPT data services from NOAA-19 will remain at existing levels.

Subsystem Status:


Subsystem Description Status
A-DCSAdvanced Data Collection SystemYELLOW
ADACSAttitude Determination and Control SystemGREEN
AMSU-A1Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit -A1GREEN
AMSU-A2Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit -A2GREEN
AMSU-BAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit -BN/A
APT/LRPTAutomatic Picture Transmission / Low Rate Picture TransmissionGREEN
AVHRRAdvanced Very High Resolution RadiometerGREEN
COMMCommunicationsGREEN
EPSElectrical Power SystemGREEN
HIRSHigh Resolution Infrared Radiation SounderO
MHSMicrowave Humidity SounderYELLOW
SARSearch and RescueGREEN
SARPSearch and Rescue ProcessorGREEN
SARRSearch and Rescue RepeaterGREEN
SBUVSolar Backscatter Ultraviolet RadiometerS/C
SEMSpace Environment MonitorYELLOW
TCCTelemetry, Command, & ControlGREEN
THERMThermal Control SystemGREEN