Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, land surface, space environment, search and rescue, data collection, WEFAX (weather facsimile service).
Full Name
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 6
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
28 Apr 1983
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Jul 1989
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
4.3 deg
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
170 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
DCIS - Data Collection and Interrogation Service |
| SEM/EPS - Energetic Particles Sensor |
| SEM/HEPAD - High Energy Proton and Alpha Particles Detector |
| SEM/MAG - Magnetometer |
| SEM/XRS-EUV - X-Ray Sensor - Extreme Ultra-Violet Sensor |
| VAS - VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | VAS |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | VAS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | VAS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | VAS |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | VAS |