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- [Update 2011-12-12: GOES-15 replaced GOES-11 as the GOES-West operational spacecraft on 2011-12-06, Source: http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/status.html ]
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GOES-11 (GOES-L) was launched May 3, 2000 from Cape Canaveral Air Station. The spacecraft will continue the long term geostationary monitoring of U.S. weather. The spacecraft will monitor hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, flash floods, and other severe weather as well as provide short-term weather forecasting or nowcasting. Combined with Doppler radar and automated surface weather stations, real-time GOES data will greatly aid weather foecasters in providing better warnings of severe weather. NOAA's National Environmmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service will operate GOES. The instrument package includes a GOES I-M Imager and GOES I-M Sounder. For more information see: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: GOES-11 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) Short_Name: GOES-11 Long_Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: GOES-L Short_Name: GOES-NEXT Short_Name: 26352 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: GOES I-M IMAGER Short_Name: GOES I-M SOUNDER End_Group Group: Orbit Perigee: 35.790 (km) Apogee: 35.7917 (km) Orbit_Type: GEO > Geosynchronous > Geostationary End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-10-03 Online_Resource: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/ Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2000-022A Online_Resource: http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Sample_Image: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/goes-spacecraft.gif Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2000-05-03 Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA End_Group End_Group
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