Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit (Super-GTO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Mon, Jul 23, 2001, 07:23
Weather
Pro