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Identifier: GOES-1 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 1
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GOES-1 Launched: October 16, 1975. Primary Instrument: VISSR. Dates of operation: October 1975 - Febuary 1985. Operational status: Decommissioned. This spin-stabilized spacecraft carried a visible infrared spin-scan radiometer, meteorological data collection and relay system, space environment monitor, and a biaxial fluxgate magnetometer. On December 1, 1978, responsibility for GOES 1 was turned over to ESA to be used as part of FGGE/GARP. It was stationed over the Indian Ocean and controlled by ESOC in Darmstadt, F.R.G. In December 1979, it was returned to the control of NOAA and positioned at 135 degrees West. When GOES 5 VAS experienced a failure on July 30, 1984, GOES 6 was moved east and GOES 1 was reactivated by NOAA to provide visible imaging capability over the western U.S. GOES 1 failed on February 3, 1985.

Record Created: April 10, 2018 2:06 PM UTC by edmjira.inport@noaa.gov
Record Last Modified: April 10, 2018 2:06 PM UTC by edmjira.inport@noaa.gov
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