11. In the 1960s Air Force Weather began assimilating weather data collected from meteorological satellites . 12. The TIROS Program's first priority was the development of a meteorological satellite information system. 13. The resulting fire " hot spots " were easily detected using meteorological satellite images. 14. The eclipse was also observed by meteorological satellite Meteosat-10. 15. EUMETSAT's primary objective is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites . 16. In 1977, Japan's National Space Development Agency launched the NEC geostationary meteorological satellite , named Himawari. 17. NOAA has operated a continuous series of low earth orbiting meteorological satellite since April 1960. 18. The monitoring isn't systematic : It's a byproduct of weekly reviews of images from meteorological satellites . 19. The Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites were designed to observe clouds illuminated by moonlight. 20. The squadron then changed its mission to support of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ( DMSP ).
