Engineering:List of GOES satellites

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SMS-derived GOES satellite

This is a list of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. GOES spacecraft are operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with NASA responsible for research and development, and later procurement of spacecraft.

Imagery

Satellites

Designation Launch Date/Time (UTC) Rocket Launch Site Longitude First Image Status Retirement Remarks
Launch Operational

SMS-derived satellites

Manufactured by Ford Aerospace

GOES-A GOES-1 16 October 1975, 22:40 Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A 25 October 1975 Retired 7 March 1985[1]
GOES-B GOES-2 15 June 1977, 10:51 Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17B 60° W Retired 1993[2] Reactivated as comsat in 1995,[2] finally deactivated in May 2001
GOES-C GOES-3 16 June 1978, 10:49 Delta 2914 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17B Retired 1993[3] Reactivated as comsat in 1995,[3] decommissioned 29 June 2016

First generation

Built on a Hughes Space and Communications HS-371 spacecraft bus

GOES-D GOES-4 9 September 1980, 22:57 Delta 3914 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A 135° W Retired 22 November 1988[4]
GOES-E GOES-5 22 May 1981, 22:29 Delta 3914 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A 75° W Retired 18 July 1990[5]
GOES-F GOES-6 28 April 1983, 22:26 Delta 3914 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A 136° W[6] Retired 21 January 1989[6]
GOES-G N/A 3 May 1986, 22:18 Delta 3914 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A 135° W (planned) N/A Failed +71 seconds Launch failure[7]
GOES-H GOES-7 26 February 1987, 23:05 Delta 3914 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17A 75° W, 98° W, 112° W, 135° W, 95° W, 175° W Retired January 1996[8] Reactivated as comsat for Peacesat from 1999-2012, moved to graveyard orbit 12 April 2012.[9]

Second generation

Built on a Space Systems/Loral LS-1300 spacecraft bus

GOES-I GOES-8 13 April 1994, 06:04 Atlas I Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-36B 75° W 9 May 1994 Retired 4 May 2004[10] In graveyard orbit
GOES-J GOES-9 23 May 1995, 05:52 Atlas I Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-36B 135° W, 155° E 19 June 1995 Retired 14 June 2007[11] In graveyard orbit
GOES-K GOES-10 25 April 1997, 05:49 Atlas I Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-36B 135° W, 65° W 13 May 1997 Retired 1 December 2009[12] In graveyard orbit
GOES-L GOES-11 3 May 2000, 07:07 Atlas IIA Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-36A 135° W 17 May 2000 Retired 16 December 2011[13] Retired, Drifting west
GOES-M GOES-12 23 July 2001, 07:23 Atlas IIA Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-36A 60° W 17 August 2001 Retired 16 August 2013 Operated at GOES-South covering South America, and retained as spare, following replacement at GOES-East by GOES-13. Now in a graveyard orbit.

Third generation

Built on a Boeing BSS-601 spacecraft bus

GOES-N GOES-13 24 May 2006, 22:11 Delta IV-M+(4,2) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-37B 75° W, 61.5° E 22 June 2006 Inactive Replaced by GOES-16 at GOES-East on 18 December 2017.[14] Operational again as EWS-G1 since 8 September 2020.
GOES-O GOES-14 27 June 2009, 22:51 Delta IV-M+(4,2) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-37B 105° W 27 July 2009 Standby On-orbit spare, was used to cover GOES-East imagery and moved into position following GOES-13 malfunction in 2012,[15] also activated to cover GOES-13 outage in mid-2013
GOES-P GOES-15 4 March 2010, 23:57 Delta IV-M+(4,2) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-37B 89.5° W, 135° W 7 April 2010 Standby[16] On-orbit spare for GOES-West
GOES-Q Template:TableTBA Template:TableTBA Not built Template:TableTBA Planned but not contracted[17]

Fourth generation (GOES-R Series)

Built on a Lockheed Martin A2100 spacecraft bus

GOES-R GOES-16 19 November 2016, 23:42[18] Atlas V 541 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41 75.2° W 15 January 2017 Active Replaced GOES-13 at GOES-East on 18 December 2017.[14][19]
GOES-S GOES-17 1 March 2018[20] Atlas V 541 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SLC-41 137.2° W 13 November 2018 Standby GOES-West (2018–2023)
GOES-T GOES-18 1 March 2022 21:38[21] Atlas V 541 CCSFS SLC-41 137.2° W Active GOES-West (2023–present)
Scheduled launches
GOES-U 30 April 2024[22] Falcon Heavy KSC LC-39A GOES-East

References

  1. ↑ "GOES-1". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-05-12. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes1.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "GOES-2". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes2.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "GOES-3". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes3.html. 
  4. ↑ "GOES-4". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes4.html. 
  5. ↑ "GOES-5". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes5.html. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "GOES-6". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes6.html. 
  7. ↑ "GOES-G". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goesG.html. 
  8. ↑ "GOES-7". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes7.html. 
  9. ↑ "NOAA retires GOES-7 after 25 years as a weather and communications satellite". NOAA News. NOAA. 2012-04-12. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120412_goes7.html. 
  10. ↑ "GOES-8 STATUS". NASA. 2004-04-15. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesistatus.html. 
  11. ↑ "GOES-9 STATUS". NASA. 2007-06-14. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesjstatus.html. 
  12. ↑ "NOAA Deactivates GOES-10 after 12 Years of Tracking Storms". NOAA. 2009-12-02. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091202_goes.html. 
  13. ↑ "GOES-11 Status Page". NOAA. http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goesstatus/spacecraftStatusSummary.asp?spacecraft=11. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Clark, Stephen (20 December 2017). "NOAA's GOES-16 weather satellite declared operational". https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/12/20/noaas-goes-16-weather-satellite-declared-operational/. 
  15. ↑ Clark, Stephen (2 October 2012). "NOAA moves spare satellite in position over Atlantic". Spaceflight Now. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1210/02goes/. 
  16. ↑ "NOAA readies GOES-15 and GOES-14 for orbital storage". NOAA OSPO. 2020-02-19. https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/16/transition.html. 
  17. ↑ Dennis Chesters (28 April 2016). "GOES News". The Daily Planet. NASA NOAA GOES Project. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goesnew.html. 
  18. ↑ "GOES-R". GOES-R Series Program Office. http://www.goes-r.gov/. 
  19. ↑ Hille, Karl (2017-01-23). "GOES-16 Sends First Images to Earth" (in en). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/goes-16-sends-first-images-to-earth. 
  20. ↑ "GOES-R Series Satellites: GOES-R (now GOES-16) and GOES-S! | NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)" (in en). https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES-R-Series. 
  21. ↑ "NASA, NOAA Adjust GOES-T Launch Date". NASA. 18 November 2021. https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2021/11/18/nasa-noaa-adjust-goes-t-launch-date/. 
  22. ↑ "NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for GOES-U Mission". NASA (Press release). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.



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