GOES-3 Mission

Identifiergoes-3NamesGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 3GOES-3 About identifiers
SeriesGOESgoes

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, land surface, space environment, search and rescue, data collection, WEFAX (weather facsimile service).

Mission Summary

Full Name
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 3
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
16 Jun 1978
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
01 Jul 1993
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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
NORAD Catalog #
10953
International Designator
1978-062A

Mission Instruments

DCIS - Data Collection and Interrogation Service goes-3_dcis
SEM/EPS - Energetic Particles Sensor goes-3_sem-eps
SEM/HEPAD - High Energy Proton and Alpha Particles Detector goes-3_sem-hepad
SEM/MAG - Magnetometer goes-3_sem-mag
SEM/XRS-EUV - X-Ray Sensor - Extreme Ultra-Violet Sensor goes-3_sem-xrs-euv
VISSR - Visible-Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer goes-3_vissr

Mission Measurements

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