GOES 9 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 9
Launch date: May 23, 1995 Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch vehicle: Atlas-I/Centaur The GOES system is a basic
element of U.S. weather monitoring and forecast operations and
is a key component of NWS modernization program. Spacecraft and
ground-based systems work together to accomplish the GOES
mission of providing weather imagery and quantitative sounding
data for weather forecasting and related services. The new
series of GOES satellites provides significant improvements over
the previous GOES system in weather imagery and atmospheric
sounding information. Status: Active as of 12 July 2004 at
154.5°E longitude as backup for JMA, imaging western - The
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