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 GOES
application aviation weather support
disaster response support
fire detection and monitoring
fog and low cloud detection
marine weather support
country United States
currentGeneration 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 GOES-1
firstSatelliteLaunchDate 1975-10-16
managingOrganization NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
operator 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 GOES-1 series
GOES-I series
GOES-N series
GOES-R series
spaceAgencyPartner NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
startOfProgram 1975
typicalLongitudeCoverage GOES East
GOES West
typicalOrbitAltitude 35786 kilometers


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