Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program

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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program is a series of U.S. weather satellites in geostationary orbit that provide continuous monitoring of atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental conditions for forecasting and research.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth observation program
satellite program
abbreviation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
surface form: GOES
application aviation weather support
disaster response support
fire detection and monitoring
fog and low cloud detection
marine weather support
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentGeneration Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
surface form: GOES-R series
dataType environmental data records
imagery
magnetometer data
radiance measurements
solar X-ray flux
space weather data
dataUsers National Weather Service
U.S. government agencies
international meteorological organizations
firstLaunchVehicle Delta rocket
firstSatellite Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
surface form: GOES-1
firstSatelliteLaunchDate 1975-10-16
managingOrganization National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
surface form: NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
operator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
surface form: NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
orbitType geostationary orbit
providesCoverageFor Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Western Hemisphere
contiguous United States
purpose atmospheric observation
climate research
environmental hazard detection
environmental monitoring
hurricane tracking
oceanic observation
operational weather forecasting
severe storm monitoring
solar activity monitoring
space weather monitoring
weather monitoring
satelliteSeries Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
surface form: GOES-1 series

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
surface form: GOES-I series

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
surface form: GOES-N series

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
surface form: GOES-R series
spaceAgencyPartner NASA
NASA
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
startOfProgram 1975
typicalLongitudeCoverage Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
surface form: GOES East

GOES West
typicalOrbitAltitude 35786 kilometers

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National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service operates Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program
Space Weather Prediction Center usesDataFrom Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program
this entity surface form: GOES satellites
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program abbreviation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GOES
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program firstSatellite Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GOES-1
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program satelliteSeries Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GOES-1 series
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program satelliteSeries Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GOES-I series
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program satelliteSeries Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GOES-N series
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program satelliteSeries Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GOES-R series
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program currentGeneration Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GOES-R series
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program typicalLongitudeCoverage Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GOES East
Cape Canaveral LC-41 notableLaunch Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program
this entity surface form: GOES weather satellites (various)
GOES West program Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program
Lockheed Martin Space notableProject Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program
this entity surface form: GOES weather satellites (as contractor)