================================================================================================ Information on the daily 5-km Global Geo-polar Blended SST Analyses ================================================================================================ Updated on June 26, 2015: ------------------------- Polar-orbiting Satellites: Satellite-name : Sensor-name / Orbit-duration / Altitude / Equator-crossing-time / Resolution Suomi-NPP : VIIRS / ~14 times each day / 824 km (512 miles) / 1:30pm local time (afternoon orbit) / 750 m MetOp-B : AVHRR / ~101 minutes per orbit / 817 km / 9:30am local time (morning orbit) / 1 km; 2000 km swath Geostationary Satellites: Satellite-name : Sensor-name / Longitude / Altitude MSG-3 (Meteosat-10) : SEVIRI / 0 / 36,000 km MTSAT-2 (Himawari-7) : Imager / 145E / 35,800 km GOES-West (GOES-15/P) : Imager / 135W / 35,780 km GOES-East (GOES-13/N) : Imager / 75W / 35,800 km (22,300 miles) ================================================================================================ More details: Suomi-NPP : Launch 2011 Oct 28 / 7-year design life; 5-year mission life MetOp-B : Launch 2012 Sep 17 / Six months of commissioning followed by 4.5 years operational mission MSG-3 (Meteosat-10) : Launch 2012 MTSAT-2 (Himawari-7) : Launch 2010 GOES-West (GOES-15/P) : Launch 2010 Mar 4; As GOES-W operational 2011 Dec 6 / Mission duration 10 years GOES-East (GOES-13/N) : Launch 2006 May 24; As GOES-E operational 2010 Apr 14 / Mission duration 10 years ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acronyms: AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3) MetOp: Meteorological Operational VIIRS: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite ================================================================================================ The End