Maxar & NOAA: 50 Years of Collaboration

This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is celebrating its golden anniversary: 50 years of science, service and stewardship in the name of environmental intelligence. Maxar Technologies admires the way that NOAA has embraced innovation over the last 50 years and is honored to have played a role in the agency's history.

As a leader in building weather satellites and space infrastructure for more than 60 years, Maxar's collaboration with NOAA dates back to the first years of the agency. In the mid-1970s, Maxar (then Ford Aerospace) was contracted to build a constellation of three satellites for NASA's Office of Space Science Applications called Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-A, -B and -C. These satellites were subsequently handed to NOAA for operation, where they were designated GOES-1, -2 and -3 after their launch on Delta 2914 rockets.