Tiros Series: A series of weather satellites operated 1960s-present.

Nimbus Series: A series of weather satellites operated 1964-1978.

GOES Series: A series of geosynchrous weather satellites that continue to provide systematic, global weather observation, providing total global coverage.

Other Earth Science missions can be found here

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