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- [Update 2011-12-13: GOES-15 replaced GOES-11 as the GOES-West operational spacecraft on 2011-12-06, Source: http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/status.html ]
[Source: NASA GOES Mission Overview, http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/overview/index.html ]
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-P represents a continuation of the newest generation of environmental satellites built by Boeing for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the technical guidance and project management of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. GOES satellites provide the familiar weather pictures seen on United States television newscasts every day. The GOES imaging and sounding instruments (built by ITT) feature flexible scans for small-scale area viewing in regions of the visible and infrared spectrum allowing meteorologists to improve short-term forecasts. GOES provides nearly continuous imaging and sounding, which allow forecasters to better measure changes in atmospheric temperature and moisture distributions and hence increase the accuracy of their forecasts. GOES environmental information is used for a host of applications, including weather monitoring and prediction models, ocean temperatures and moisture locations, climate studies, cryosphere (ice, snow, glaciers) detection and extent, land temperatures and crop conditions, and hazards detection. The GOES-O&P Imagers have improved resolution in the 13 micrometer channel from 8 km to 4 km. The finer spatial resolution allows an improved cloud-top product, height of atmospheric motion vectors and volcanic ash detection. GOES-P continues the improved image navigation and registration, additional power and fuel lifetime capability, space weather, solar x-ray imaging, search and rescue, and communication services as provided on GOES-13. GOES-P Launches!
The GOES-P satellite launched at 6:57 p.m. EST March 4 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-P is the third and final spacecraft to be launched in the GOES-N series of geostationary environmental weather satellites. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: GOES-15 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) Short_Name: GOES-15 Long_Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: GOES-P Short_Name: 36411 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: GOES N-P SOUNDER Short_Name: GOES N-P IMAGER End_Group Group: Orbit Period: 24 hours Orbit_Type: GEO > GEOSYNCHRONOUS > GEOSTATIONARY End_Group Creation_Date: 2010-02-24 Online_Resource: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/spacecraft/n_p_spacecraft.html Online_Resource: http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goespstatus.html Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/news/goes-15-active.html Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/main/ Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2010-008A Sample_Image: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/images/content/417581main_2010-1220_1600_946-710.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2010-03-04 Launch_Site: CAPE CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, USA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA End_Group End_Group
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