SATELLITES-------
GOES-GOES 5--------
GOES-GOES 5--------
The satellite also used new despun
S-band and UHF antennas to improve the relay of meteorological data
from over 10,000 surface locations into a central processing center
for incorporation into numerical weather prediction models, and to
perform facsimile transmission of processed images and weather maps
to WEFAX field stations. In addition, a Space Environment Monitor
(SEM) and Data Collection System (DCS) similar to those on the
previous GOES were installed. GOES 5 was placed in a geostationary
orbit directly over the equator over the western Atlantic (75W).
GOES 5 was deactivated July 18, 1990.
PARTICIPANTS:
NASA, NOAA, Hughes Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas
PARTICIPANTS:
NASA, NOAA, Hughes Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas
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