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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GOES-2
-
Full Name
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 2
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
16 Jun 1977
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
01 Jul 1993
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
10061
(
TLE
)
International Designator
1977-048A
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
4.3 deg
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
170 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, land surface, space environment, search and rescue, data collection, WEFAX (weather facsimile service).
Mission Measurements
Mission Instruments
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
VISSR - Visible-Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
OpenSearch Datasets
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Imagery and Radiance Temperatures from the Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) on SMS/ ...
VISSR/GOES-2 Infrared Imagery on 70mm Film V001 (VISSRGOES2IMIR) at GES DISC
VISSR/GOES-2 Visible Imagery on 70mm Film V001 (VISSRGOES2IMVIS) at GES DISC
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