GOES launch record

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Contents 1 GOES First Generation 1.1 GOES First Generation launches and events 2 GOES Second Generation 2.1 GOES Second Generation

[edit] GOES First Generation

NASA research and development fostered the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Five spin stabilized satellites were built and launched, introducing a new era of satellite service: NASA's demonstration of two Synchronous Meteorological Satellites (SMS) began with the launch of SMS-1 in May 1974 and NOAA's operation of a GOES series followed with the launch of GOES- I in October 1975. The Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) provided imagery from these original SMS and GOES satellites.

[edit] GOES First Generation launches and events

No.	Date	Rocket	Satellite	Site	Outcome	First Image	Remarks
#116	October 16, 1975	Delta 2914	GOES A	KSC 17A	success	1975 October 25	Launch at 0640 GMT.
#131	June 16, 1977	Delta 2914	GOES B	KSC 17B	success		Launch at 1051 UTC.
#142	June 16, 1978	Delta 2914	GOES C	KSC 17B	success		Launch at 1049 UTC.
#152	September 9, 1980	Delta 3914	GOES D	KSC 17A	success		Launch at 1557 UTC.
#154	May 22, 1981	Delta 3914	GOES E	KSC 17A	success		Launch at 2229 UTC.
#168	April 28, 1983	Delta 3914	GOES F	KSC 17A	success		Launch at 0226 UTC.
#178	May 3, 1986	Delta 3914	GOES G	KSC 17A	failure		Launch at 1800 EDT, failure at 1818 EDT
#179	February 26, 1987	Delta 3924	GOES H	KSC 17A	success		Launch at 2305 UTC.

[edit] GOES Second Generation

The GOES I-M system has been developed by Space Systems/Loral, under NASA supervision, for NOAA. ITT is the subcontractor for the GOES I-M imager and sounder instruments. Each GOES I-M spacecraft is designed for a five-year lifetime. The GOES I-M series introduces improved capabilities to observe weather-related phenomena on all scales from geostationary altitude and represents the evolution of geostationary satellite technology in the United States during nearly a quarter of a century. It supports most U.S. geostationary environmental satellite requirements, both operational and research, into the early twenty-first century.

[edit] GOES Second Generation

No.	Date	Rocket	Satellite	Site	Outcome	First Image	Remarks
			GOES I	KSC	success	9 May 1994
	May 23, 1995		GOES J	KSC	success	19 June 1995
			GOES K	KSC	success	13 May 1997
	May 3, 2000	Atlas IIA	GOES L	KSC	success	17 May 2000
			GOES M	KSC	success	17 August 2001
#312	May 24, 2005	Delta M	GOES N	KSC 2W	success	22 June 2006	Launch at 1022 UTC