GOES-8 Mission

Identifiergoes-8NamesGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 8GOES-8 About identifiers
SeriesGOESgoes

Objectives and Applications

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

Mission Summary

Full Name
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 8
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
13 Apr 1994
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
04 Jan 2003
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
0.09 deg
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-75 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
23051
International Designator
1994-022A

Mission Instruments

DCIS - Data Collection and Interrogation Service goes-8_dcis
DCS (NOAA) - Data Collection System (NOAA) goes-8_dcs-noaa
GOES Comms - Communications package on GOES goes-8_goes-comms
Imager - Imager goes-8_imager-goes
S&R (GOES) - Search and Rescue goes-8_s-r-goes
SEM (GOES) - Space Environment Monitor goes-8_sem-goes
SEM/EPS - Energetic Particles Sensor goes-8_sem-eps
SEM/HEPAD - High Energy Proton and Alpha Particles Detector goes-8_sem-hepad
SEM/MAG - Magnetometer goes-8_sem-mag
SEM/XRS-EUV - X-Ray Sensor - Extreme Ultra-Violet Sensor goes-8_sem-xrs-euv
Sounder - Sounder goes-8_sounder
WEFAX - Weather Facsimile goes-8_wefax

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols Sounder
Atmospheric Humidity Fields Sounder
Atmospheric Winds Imager
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature Imager, Sounder
Liquid water and precipitation rate Imager, Sounder
Ozone Sounder
Radiation budget Imager
Atmospheric Temperature Fields Sounder
LandSurface temperature (land) Imager, Sounder
Multi-purpose imagery (land) Imager
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) Imager, Sounder
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) Imager
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