Weather satellite
Kinds of satellites on account of the kind of the orbit:
Communication of satellites:
Kinds of satellites and their communication
Kinds of satellites:
research satellite (naukowy)
astronomical satellite
biological satellite
geodetic satellite
geophysical satellite
ionospheric satellite
oceanographic satellite
weather satellite
geostationary, np. Meteosat, Goes, Insat, GMS, Goms, Feng Yun 2
circumpolar, np. NOAA, Meteor, Feng Yun 1, Terra, Metop
remote sensing), np. Landsat, IKONOS, SPOT, Resus, QuickBird
navigation satellite
technological satellite (technical, experimental)
telecommunications satellite (communications, relay)
active
of live coverage
passive
intelligence satellite (spy, satellite-spy)
crew satellite polar
stationary (e.g. geostationary)
equatorial
synchronous (e.g. synchronous with the Sun))