GOES-17
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GOES-17 (designated pre-launch as GOES-S) is an environmental satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite is second in the four-satellite GOES-R series (GOES-16, -17, -18, and -19). GOES-17 supports the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, providing multi-spectral imaging for weather forecasts and meteorological and environmental research. The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin, based on the A2100A platform, and expected to have a useful life of 15 years (10 years operational after five years of standby as an o
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It sits within the topics Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Satellites in geostationary orbit.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- GOES-18
- Follows
- GOES-16
- Mass
- 2857
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space
- Official website
- www.goes-r.gov
- Image
- Processing of GOES-S at Astrotech Space Operations (KSC-20171206-PH LCH01 0105) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 3.9
- Width
- 5.6
- Length
- 6.1
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2018-03-01
- Commons category
- GOES 17
- spacecraft bus
- A2100
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41
- launch contractor
- United Launch Alliance
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Operations
- Malfunctions
- Objectives
- Instruments
- Earth sensing
- Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
- Spectral resolution
- Temporal resolution
- Spatial resolution
- Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
- Solar imaging
- Space environment measuring
- Transponders
- Notes
- References
- External links
GOES-17 (designated pre-launch as GOES-S) is an environmental satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The satellite is second in the four-satellite GOES-R series (GOES-16, -17, -18, and -19). GOES-17 supports the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, providing multi-spectral imaging for weather forecasts and meteorological and environmental research. The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin, based on the A2100A platform, and expected to have a useful life of 15 years (10 years operational after five years of standby as an on-orbit replacement). GOES-17 is intended to deliver high-resolution visible and infrared imagery and lightning observations of more than half the globe.
The satellite was launched on 1 March 2018 and reached geostationary orbit on 12 March 2018. In May 2018, during the satellite's testing phase after launch, a problem was discovered with its primary instrument, the Advanced Baseline Imager (see Malfunctions, below). GOES-17 became operational as GOES-West on 12 February 2019. In June 2021, NOAA announced that due to the cooling problem with the satellite's main imager, GOES-T would replace the GOES-17 in an operational role "as soon as possible". GOES-T launched on March 1, 2022.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GOES-17” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.