Objectives and Applications
Hydrometeorology, climatology, disaster management, space environment, ice and snow, land surface, space environment, data collection and communication.
Full Name
Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite - 1
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Nov 1994
Mission Links
EOL Date
15 Sep 1998
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-76 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
BRK - On board retransmission complex |
| BTVK - Scanning television radiometer |
| RMS - Radiation measurement system |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | BTVK |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | BTVK |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | BTVK |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | BTVK |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | BTVK |
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