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- GOES-13 (GOES-N) lifted off aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 6:11 pm EDT on May 25, 2006. GOES-13 (GOES-N) is the latest in a series of Earth monitoring satellites. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. Geostationary describes an orbit in which a satellite is always in the same position with respect to the rotating Earth. This allows GOES to hover continuously over one position on the Earth's surface, appearing stationary. As a result, GOES provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric "triggers" for severe weather conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms, and hurricanes. Orbit: Altitude: 36000 km Geo-Synchronous Vital Statistics: Weight 3200 kg Size: 4.2 meters (l) x 1.88 meters (w) Power: 2300 watts Mission Life: 5 years Instruments: Sounder Imager SEM (Space Environment Monitor) S and R (Search and Rescue) For more information, see: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/goes-n/main/index.html
[Summary provided by NASA.]
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: GOES-13 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) Short_Name: GOES-13 Long_Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: GOES 13 Short_Name: GOES-N End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: GOES N-P IMAGER Short_Name: GOES N-P SOUNDER Short_Name: SEM Short_Name: SXI End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Type: GEO > Geosynchronous > Geostationary End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-10-04 Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/goes-n/main/index.html Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2006-018A Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2006-05-25 Launch_Site: CAPE CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, USA Design_Life: 5 YEARS Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA End_Group End_Group
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