16 June 2022
The following information is not only a short excerpt from the CGMS 50 presentation, it is also even further summarized and only contains information more or less relevant to the hobby of amateur satellite reception. If you are interested in more, visit the official page.
The information presented below has been taken from the presentations of various agencies (accessible via the aforementioned link) for the CGMS 50 conference, taking place between 15 and 17 June, 2022. As such, at the time of publishing this article, it should be as up-to-date as it gets (while the conference is still underway, the relevant presentations have already been published much earlier).
The table depicts a summary of select weather satellite statuses mentioned in the different presentations, and as such doesn't include information about satellites that haven't been brought up during the conference. Some constellations particularly "uninteresting" for amateur reception have also been omitted. No updates on Russian weather satellites are included, as the Roscosmos/Roshydromet presentation focused only on data products of Arktika-M N1 and did not mention Meteor-M or Elektro-L.
All the information is subject to change (and likely will change). This is only a snapshot of the current and expected status, as of June 16, 2022.
| FengYun-2 (GEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| FengYun-2F | out of service Apr 1 2022 |
| FengYun-2G | operational |
| FengYun-2H | operational |
| FengYun-3 (LEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| FengYun-3B | stopped operation Dec 1 2021 |
| FengYun-3C | operational with degraded performance |
| FengYun-3D | operational |
| FengYun-3E | operational |
| FengYun-3F | expected late 2022 |
| FengYun-3G | expected late 2022 |
| FengYun-3H | expected mid 2023 |
| FengYun-3I | expected 2026 |
| FengYun-3J | expected 2027 |
| FengYun-4 (GEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| FengYun-4A | operational |
| FengYun-4B | operational |
| FengYun-4C | expected 2024 |
| FengYun-4D | expected 2027 |
| FengYun-4E | expected 2029 |
| FengYun-4F | expected 2034 |
| FengYun-4 MW (GEO microwave sounding) | |
|---|---|
| FengYun-4MW 1 | expected 2025 |
| FengYun-4MW 2 | expected 2029 |
| FengYun-5 (LEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| FengYun-5A | expected 2028 |
| FengYun-5B | expected 2030 |
| FengYun-6 (GEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| FengYun-6A | expected after 2035 |
| Meteosat Second Generation (GEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| Meteosat-8 | operational, IODC |
| Meteosat-9 | operational, IODC |
| Meteosat-10 | operational, rapid scan |
| Meteosat-11 | operational, full disk |
| Meteosat Third Generation (GEO imaging (I) & sounding (S)) | |
|---|---|
| MTG-I1 (Meteosat-12) | expected Nov 2022 |
| MTG-S1 (Meteosat-13) | expected 2024 |
| MTG-I2 (Meteosat-14) | expected 2025 |
| MetOp (LEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| MetOp-A | decommissioned Nov 2021 |
| MetOp-B | operational |
| MetOp-C | operational |
| MetOp Second Generation (LEO imaging (A) & sounding (B)) | |
|---|---|
| MetOp-SG A1 | expected 2025 |
| MetOp-SG B1 | expected 2025 |
| Insat-3 (GEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| Insat-3D | operational, sounder stopped Sep 2020 |
| Insat-3DR | operational |
| Insat-3DS | expected 2024 |
| Oceansat (LEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| Oceansat-2 | mission end mid 2022 |
| Oceansat-3 | expected Sep 2022 |
| Himawari (GEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| Himawari-8 | operational, switch to standby Dec 2022 |
| Himawari-9 | standby, switch to operational Dec 2022 |
| Himawari-10 | expected 2028 |
| GEO-KOMPSAT-2 (GEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| GK-2A | operational |
| GK-2B | operational |
| GK-2A Follow-On (GEO imaging & sounding) | |
|---|---|
| GK-2AFO Imager | expected 2031 |
| GK-2AFO Sounder | expected 2034 |
| GOES (GEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| GOES-16 (GOES-R) | operational |
| GOES-17 (GOES-S) | operational |
| GOES-18 (GOES-T) | commissioning |
| GOES-19 (GOES-U) | expected 2024 |
| JPSS (LEO imaging) | |
|---|---|
| NOAA-20 (JPSS-1) | operational |
| NOAA-21 (JPSS-2) | expected Nov 2022 |
| NOAA-22 (JPSS-3) | expected 2026 |
| NOAA-23 (JPSS-4) | expected 2031 |