SATELLITES-------
SMS-GOES 1--------
SMS-GOES 1--------
Weather Satellites:
GOES 1
GOES 1 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 1
Launch date: October 16, 1975
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch vehicle: Delta 2914
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
The first operational satellite in NOAA's geosynchronous weather satellite system. 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. The satellite was to be placed over the Indian Ocean (west of SMS II) so that the coverage of SMS I, SMS II and GOES 1 would include nearly 60 percent of the Earth's surface.
GOES 1 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 1
Launch date: October 16, 1975
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch vehicle: Delta 2914
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
The first operational satellite in NOAA's geosynchronous weather satellite system. 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. The satellite was to be placed over the Indian Ocean (west of SMS II) so that the coverage of SMS I, SMS II and GOES 1 would include nearly 60 percent of the Earth's surface.
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