SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978

 

Table 4-80. GOES 2 Characteristics

 

Also called:

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

Date of launch (location):

June 16, 1977 (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:

Tbree-year operational meteorological satellite.

Equipment:

VISSR

DCS

Results:

Successful.

Reference: NASA, "GOES 2 Mission Operations Report," E-608-77-04, May 24, 1977.


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