SATELLITES-------
GOES-GOES 4--------
Weather Satellites:
GOES 4
GOES 4 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 4
Launch date: September 9, 1980
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch vehicle: Delta 3914
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
The satellite was designed to sense meteorological conditions
from a fixed location above the Earth, and to provide this data to
operational forecasters and private interests on the ground. It was
the first geostationary satellite to provide continuous vertical
profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture.
- The EXPLORES! satellite page is a complete guide to the
history of all weather satellites launched by the U.S..
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