Back Programa de Satèl·lits Meteorològics de Defensa Catalan Defense Meteorological Satellite Program German DMSP Finnish Defense Meteorological Satellite Program French Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Galician DMSP HE Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ID Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Italian 防衛気象衛星計画 Japanese Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Portuguese
 Artist rendition of a DMSP-5D2 satellite in orbit | |
| Program overview | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Organization | United States Space Force |
| Purpose | Earth monitoring |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Program history | |
| First flight | DMSP-1 F2 23 August 1962 |
| Last flight | DMSP 5D-3/F19 3 April 2014 |
| Launch site(s) | Vandenberg Space Force Base |
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is managed by the United States Space Force with on-orbit operations provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).[1] The (originally classified) mission of the satellites was revealed in March 1973. They provide cloud cover imagery from polar orbits that are Sun-synchronous at nominal altitude of 830 km (520 mi).[2]
All data ingestion, processing and distribution will be permanently terminated as of June 30, 2025. The satellites are not being decommissioned, but their data will no longer be received, processed or stored. The termination was part of a larger series of funding cuts under the Trump administration.[3][4]
- ^ "Schriever Airmen assist during satellite program move". Schriever Air Force Base. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "DMSP 1965-072A". NASA. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ "Suspension of All Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Data by June 30, 2025". NOAA. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ^ Dzombak, Rebecca (June 28, 2025). "Critical Hurricane Monitoring Data Is Going Offline". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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