GOES-4 Mission

Identifiergoes-4NamesGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 4GOES-4 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 - 4
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
09 Sep 1980
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
22 Nov 1988
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 #
11964
International Designator
1980-074A

Mission Instruments

DCIS - Data Collection and Interrogation Service goes-4_dcis
SEM/EPS - Energetic Particles Sensor goes-4_sem-eps
SEM/HEPAD - High Energy Proton and Alpha Particles Detector goes-4_sem-hepad
SEM/MAG - Magnetometer goes-4_sem-mag
SEM/XRS-EUV - X-Ray Sensor - Extreme Ultra-Violet Sensor goes-4_sem-xrs-euv
VAS - VISSR Atmospheric Sounder goes-4_vas

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields VAS
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature VAS
Liquid water and precipitation rate VAS
Atmospheric Temperature Fields VAS
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) VAS
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