SATELLITES-------
GOES-GOES 6--------
GOES-GOES 6--------
The satellite also used 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 6 was placed in a geostationary orbit directly over the equator over the Pacific (136W) and was referred to as GOES-WEST. The VAS imager failed on January 21, 1989 so direct readout images and soundings are no longer available. It is, however, still acting as the west WEFAX relay satellite, although it's orbit is unstable.
PARTICIPANTS:
NASA, NOAA, Hughes Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas
GOES 6 was placed in a geostationary orbit directly over the equator over the Pacific (136W) and was referred to as GOES-WEST. The VAS imager failed on January 21, 1989 so direct readout images and soundings are no longer available. It is, however, still acting as the west WEFAX relay satellite, although it's orbit is unstable.
PARTICIPANTS:
NASA, NOAA, Hughes Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas
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