SATELLITES-------
GOES-GOES 5--------
GOES-GOES 5--------
Weather Satellites:
GOES 5
GOES 5 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5
Launch date: May 22, 1981
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 second (designed to work in coordination with GOES 4) geostationary satellite to provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture.
GOES 5 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5
Launch date: May 22, 1981
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 second (designed to work in coordination with GOES 4) geostationary satellite to provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture.
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