GOES 10
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GOES-10, known as GOES-K before becoming operational, was an American weather satellite, which formed part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. It was launched in 1997, and after completing operations as part of the main GOES system, it was kept online as a backup spacecraft until December 2009, providing coverage of South America as GOES-SOUTH, and being used to assist with hurricane predictions for North America.[1] It was retired and maneuvered to a graveyard orbit on 1 December 2009.[2]
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Mission type | Weather satellite |
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Operator | NOAA / NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1997-019A |
SATCAT no. | 24786 |
Website | goes |
Mission duration | 5 years (planned) 12 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | LS-1300 |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 2,105 kilograms (4,641 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 April 1997, 05:49 (1997-04-25UTC05:49Z) UTC |
Rocket | Atlas I |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-36B |
Contractor | ILS |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Decommissioned |
Deactivated | 1 December 2009 (2010-01) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 105° West (1997-1998) 135° West (1998-2006) 60° West (2006-2009) |
Slot | GOES-WEST (1998-2006) GOES-SOUTH (2006-2009) |
Eccentricity | 0.0029811 |
Perigee altitude | 35,983 kilometres (22,359 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 36,237 kilometres (22,517 mi) |
Inclination | 7.0380° |
Period | 24 hours |
RAAN | 55.6258° |
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