GOES 15
Names | GOES-P GOES-15 (before September 22, 2023) | |
---|---|---|
Mission type | Weather satellite | |
Operator | NOAA / NASA | |
COSPAR ID | 2010-008A | |
SATCAT no. | 36411 | |
Mission duration | 10 years (planned) Elapsed: 14 years, 1 month, 22 days | |
Spacecraft properties | ||
Spacecraft type | GOES-N series | |
solar array | ||
Start of mission | ||
Launch date | 4 March 2010, 23:57 | UTC|
Rocket | SLC-37B | |
Contractor | United Launch Alliance | |
Orbital parameters | ||
Reference system | Semi-major axis 42,166 kilometres (26,201 mi) | |
Perigee altitude | 35,791.0 kilometres (22,239.5 mi) | |
Apogee altitude | 35,800.4 kilometres (22,245.3 mi) | |
Inclination | 0.2° | |
Period | 1,436.2 minutes | |
EWS-G2 (Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary) It was the sixteenth GOES satellite to be launched.
Launch
GOES-15 was launched atop a
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.[3][4] The launch occurred at 23:57 UTC on 4 March 2010, forty minutes into a sixty-minute launch window. Upon reaching geostationary orbit on 16 March, it was redesignated GOES-15.[4][5] On 6 December 2011, it was activated as the GOES-West satellite, replacing GOES-11.[6]
Design
At launch, the mass of the satellite was 3,238 kilograms (7,139 lb). It has a design life of ten years. Power is supplied by a single
continental United States, a sounder to take readings of atmospheric temperature and moisture, a solar x-ray imager to detect solar flares, and instruments to monitor the magnetosphere, cosmic background radiation and charged particles.[7]
Operations
NOAA began to transition GOES-15 out of operational status at the GOES-West position in late 2018 to replace it with
U.S. Space Force, taking its current designation as part of the EWS-G network. As a consequence, the spacecraft has started drifting over the Indian Ocean to reach its new assigned orbit and it's scheduled to become operational in November 2023.[1]
Media
References
- ^ a b "Space Force accepts second weather satellite through NOAA partnership". U.S. Space Force. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "GOES N, O, P, Q". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ "GOES-P Launch Blog". NASA. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ a b Ray, Justin. "Mission Status Center". Delta Launch Report. Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- NASAspaceflight.com. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ "NOAA activates GOES-15 satellite; deactivates GOES-11 after nearly 12 years in orbit". NOAA. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ a b "GOES-P Mission Operations Booklet" (PDF). United Launch Alliance. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ "Get Ready to Drift: GOES-17 Begins Move to Its New Operational Position | NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)". www.nesdis.noaa.gov. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d "GOES-17 Transition to Operations │ GOES-R Series". www.goes-r.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
- NOAA. 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- CIMSS. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
External links
- GOES-P Press Kit
- GOES Timeline The History of Geostationary Satellites. From the launch of SMS-1 in May 1974 through the launch of GOES-13.
- GOES-15 image examples on the CIMSS Satellite Blog