Also called:
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite
Date of launch (location):
June 16, 1978 (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.
Equipment:
VISSR
DCS
Results:
Successful.
Reference: NASA, "GOES 3 Mission Operations Report," E-612-78-01, May 19, 1978.