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Environmental Science Services Administration

 
 
Environmental Science Services Administration
Acronym Name  :  ESSA
Country  :  USA
Founded On  :  1965
Terminated  :  _
Astronauts  :  No
Operate Satelite  :  No
Sound Rocket  :  No
Bio Rocket  :  No

Summary

In January 1966, ESSA changed the Weather Bureau's name to the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Data Center was renamed the Environmental Data Service (EDS). The activities that became known as ESSA's satellite program was begun by NASA in 1958, and ended with the decommissioning of the last satellite in 1977. ESSA served as a complement to the The Television Infrared Observation Satellite Program