Weather Satellites: GOES G

GOES G - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite G

Launch date: May 3, 1986

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 designed to replace GOES 5 and provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture.

SPACECRAFT DESCRIPTION:

The spacecraft (to be named GOES 7, or GOES EAST) was lost in a Delta 3914 launch vehicle failure on May 3, 1986. The rocket was struck by lightning shortly after liftoff.

PARTICIPANTS:

NASA, NOAA, Hughes Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas

Last updated 15 May 1997.