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- [Source: NASA NSSDC, http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1987-022A ]
GOES 7 was launched in February 1987 and was a NASA-developed, NOAA-operated, geosynchronous, and operational spacecraft. The cylindrically shaped spacecraft measured 190.5 cm in diameter and 230 cm in length, exclusive of a magnetometer that extended an additional 83 cm beyond the cylinder shell. The primary structural members were a honeycombed equipment shelf and thrust tube. The VISSR telescope was mounted on the equipment shelf and viewed the Earth through a special aperture in the side of the spacecraft. A support structure extended radially out from the thrust tube and was affixed to the solar panels, which formed the outer walls of the spacecraft and provided the primary source of electrical power. Located in the annulus-shaped space between the thrust tube and the solar panels were stationkeeping and dynamics control equipment, batteries, and most of the SEM equipment. Proper spacecraft attitude and spin rate (approximately 100 rpm) were maintained by two separate sets of jet thrusters mounted around the spacecraft equator and activated by ground command. The spacecraft used both UHF-band and S-band frequencies in its telemetry and command subsystem. A low-power VHF transponder provided telemetry and command during launch and then served as a backup for the primary subsystem once the spacecraft attained orbit. The spin-stabilized spacecraft carried a visible infrared spin-scan radiometer atmospheric sounder, meteorological data collection and transmission system, space environment monitor, energetic particle monitor, and a magnetic field monitor. GOES 7 was positioned at 98 degrees West in the summer (Atlantic hurricane season) and 108 degrees West in the winter (Pacific storm season). For more information on GOES satellites: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: GOES-7 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) Short_Name: GOES-7 Long_Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: GOES H Short_Name: PEACESAT Short_Name: 17561 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: SXM Short_Name: EPM Short_Name: VAS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 0.10000000149011612° Period: 1440.0 minutes Perigee: 35788.0 km Apogee: 35788.0 km Orbit_Type: GEO > GEOSYNCHRONOUS > GEOSTATIONARY End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-10-04 Online_Resource: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/ Online_Resource: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1987-022A Sample_Image: http://library01.gsfc.nasa.gov/gdprojs/images/goes_2.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1987-02-26 Launch_Site: CAPE CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, USA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA End_Group End_Group
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