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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.

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NASA, NOAA, Hughes Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas
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