During 2002, the space-based constellation, in addition to the research and development satellites, was comprised of the following geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8 (GOES-8), GOES-10, NOAA-15, NOAA-16 and NOAA-17, operated by the United States; Geostationary Meteorological Satellite 5 (GMS-5), operated by Japan; Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite N-1 (GOMS N-1), Meteor 2-20, Meteor 2-21, Meteor 3-5 and Meteor 3M N1, operated by the Russian Federation; Meteosat-5, Meteosat-6 and Meteosat-7, operated by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT); and Feng Yun 2B (FY‐2B), FY-1C and FY-1D, operated by China.
los fundamentos jurídicos de los nuevos instrumentos de financiación establecen claramente el papel del Parlamento en la definición de los objetivos de los programas geográficos o temáticos que se derivarán de esos instrumentosUN-2 UN-2