The naming of the satellites can become confusing because some of them use the same name as the over-seeing organization, such as "ESSA" for TOS satellites overseen by the Environmental Science Services Administration (for example, ESSA-1) and "NOAA" (for example, NOAA-M) for later TIROS-series satellites overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
卫星的命名可能会变得令人困惑，因为其中一些卫星的名称与现存的组织相同，例如由环境科学服务管理局（例如ESSA-1）和“NOAA”监督的TOS卫星的“ESSA” （例如，NOAA-M），用于由国家海洋和大气管理局监督的后来的TIROS系列卫星。