GOES-U Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GOES-U -

Full Name

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - U

Status

Planned

Mission Agencies

NOAA , NASA

Launch Date

2024

Mission Links

mission site |

EOL Date

2039

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NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

36000 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology (primary mission), search and rescue, space environment monitoring, data collection platform, data gathering.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	ABI
	Atmospheric Winds	ABI
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	ABI
	Cloud particle properties and profile	ABI
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	ABI
	Radiation budget	ABI
	Lightning Detection	GLM
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	Magnetometer (GOES)
Land	Surface temperature (land)	ABI
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	ABI
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	ABI
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	ABI

Mission Instruments

ABI - Advanced Baseline Imager

CCOR-1/-2 - Compact Coronagraph

DCS (GOES-R Series) - Data Collection System (NOAA, GOES-16)

EXIS - Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors

GLM - GEO Lightning Mapper

Magnetometer (GOES) - Magnetometer (GOES)

SEISS - Space Environment In Situ Suite

SUVI - Solar Ultraviolet Imager

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