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Planetary Science
Mission Elapsed Time
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Mission Details
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites were developed by NASA-Goddard and were transferred to the NOAA weather agency when operational. In addition to the usual weather imager/sounder, GOES-M carried a new solar soft X-ray imager.
- Type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit
- Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit (Super-GTO)
- Programs
- Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA