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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GOES-P
Full Name
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - P
Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
NOAA
*
Launch Date
10-Apr-2010
Mission URL
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/
EOL Date
1-Nov-2019
*
Lead agency
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
135 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Meteorology (primary mission), search and rescue, space environment monitoring, data collection platform, data gathering, WEFAX
Mission Instruments
A-DCS4 - ARGOS-Data Collection System
GOES Comms - Communications package on GOES
Imager - Imager
LRIT - Low-Rate Information Transmission
S&R (GOES) - Search and Rescue
SEM (GOES) - Space Environment Monitor
Sounder - Sounder
SXI - Solar X-ray Imager
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CEOS
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