Also called:
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite; SMS-C
Date of launch (location):
Oct. 16, 1975 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2914
Weight (kg):
294
Shape:
cylindrical
Dimensions (m):
2.30 height; 3.45 including 83-cm
magnetometer
1.91 diameter
Power source:
Solar cells plus NiCd
batteries
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Prime contractor:
Philco-Ford
Project manager:
Robert H. Rickard
Objectives:
Three-year operational meteorological
satellite; replace SMS in providing capability for
continuous observation of the atmosphere.
Equipment:
VISSR
DCS
Results:
Successful; first of a series of six
GOES satellites; moved during the summer of 1978 to support
GARP.
Reference: NASA, "GOES I Mission Operations Report," E-608-75-03, Sept. 22, 1975.