GOES-7 Mission

Identifiergoes-7NamesGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 7GOES-7 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 - 7
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
26 Feb 1987
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
11 Jan 1996
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 #
17561
International Designator
1987-022A

Mission Instruments

DCIS - Data Collection and Interrogation Service goes-7_dcis
DCS (NOAA) - Data Collection System (NOAA) goes-7_dcs-noaa
GOES Comms - Communications package on GOES goes-7_goes-comms
S&R (GOES) - Search and Rescue goes-7_s-r-goes
SEM (POES) - Space Environment Monitor goes-7_sem-poes
SEM/EPS - Energetic Particles Sensor goes-7_sem-eps
SEM/HEPAD - High Energy Proton and Alpha Particles Detector goes-7_sem-hepad
SEM/MAG - Magnetometer goes-7_sem-mag
SEM/XRS-EUV - X-Ray Sensor - Extreme Ultra-Violet Sensor goes-7_sem-xrs-euv
VAS - VISSR Atmospheric Sounder goes-7_vas
WEFAX - Weather Facsimile goes-7_wefax

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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