A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be polar orbiting, or geostationary.
GOES-16, a United States weather satellite of the meteorological-satellite service
These meteorological-satellite service, however, see more than clouds and cloud systems
The geostationary GOES-17 satellite's Level 1B Calibrated Radiances - True Colour Composite PNG image
Computer-controlled motorized parabolic dish antenna for tracking LEO weather satellites.
Earth observation satellite
An Earth observation satellite or Earth remote sensing satellite is a satellite used or designed for Earth observation (EO) from orbit, including spy satellites and similar ones intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, cartography and others. The most common type are Earth imaging satellites, that take satellite images, analogous to aerial photographs; some EO satellites may perform remote sensing without forming pictures, such as in GNSS radio occultation.
Six Earth observation satellites comprising the A-train satellite constellation as of 2014.
GOES-8, a United States weather satellite.
RapidEye Earth exploration-satellite system in action around the Earth.
