High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NOAA-19, designated NOAA-N` (NOAA-N Prime) prior to launch, is the last of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration`s POES series of weather satellites (which was scheduled to be replaced by the next-generation NPOESS series before the NPOESS project was cancelled). NOAA-19 was launched on 6 February 2009.