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 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) has been collecting weather data for U.S. military operations for more than five decades and provides assured, secure global weather imagery and space weather data to support Department of Defense (DoD) operations.

The DMSP designs, builds, launches, and maintains satellites monitoring the meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics environments. Each DMSP satellite has a 101 minute, sun-synchronous near-polar orbit at an altitude of 830km above the surface of the earth.

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) has been collecting weather data for U.S. military operations for more than five decades and provides assured, secure global weather and space weather data to support Department of Defense (DOD) operations.

Oct 1, 2020 · The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) is the longest running production satellite program ever. In 50 years of service, DMSP satellites have saved billions of dollars and countless human lives as a result of timely weather forecasts.

DMSP satellites provide critical observations to support NOAA’s three to seven-day operational weather forecasts, operational weather “nowcasting” in Alaska and polar regions, and environmental monitoring and prediction.

DMSP may refer to: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, a United States Department of Defense satellite system; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate, an important component of the organic sulfur cycle; Data management and sharing plan

World Data Center for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Boulder, operated by NOAA/NCEI, archives & offers data from the Solar and Upper Atmosphere, Ionosphere, and space environment, including Earth observations from space.

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) The DMSP program provides weather monitoring for the military. Information from the satellites is used for general weather predictions, as well as for severe weather warnings.

The US Air Force has responsiblity for a program called the Defense Meteorological Satellites Program (DMSP) since the mid-1960s. They have launched a series of spacecraft to investigate the Earth's environment from an altitude of ~800 km.