GOES 3

GOES-3

Artist's impression of an SMS-series GOES satellite in orbit

Mission type| Weather satellite
Operator| NOAA
COSPAR ID| 1978-062A
Mission duration| 38 years (achieved)
48 years and 21 days
(in orbit)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type| SMS
Manufacturer| Ford Aerospace
Launch mass| 627 kilograms (1,382 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date| 16 June 1978, 10:49 (1978-06-16UTC10:49Z) UTC
Rocket| Delta 2914
Launch site| Cape Canaveral LC-17B
Contractor| McDonnell Douglas
End of mission
Disposal| Decommissioned
Deactivated| 29 June 2016 (2016-06-30)
Orbital parameters
Reference system| Geocentric
Regime| Geostationary
Longitude| 135° West (1978-1981)
90° West (1982-1984)
185° West (1985-1987)
129° West (1987-1990)
175° West (1990-1995)
102-110° West (1996—)[1][2]
Slot| GOES-WEST (1978-1981)
Eccentricity| 0.01425[3]
Perigee altitude| 35,469.10[4] kilometers (22,039.48 mi)
Apogee altitude| 36,679.20[4] kilometers (22,791.40 mi)
Inclination| 7.100[3] degrees
Period| 24 hours

GOES-3, known as GOES-C before becoming operational, was an American geostationary weather and communications satellite. It was originally built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system,[5] and was launched in June 1978.[6] It was positioned in geostationary orbit, from where it was initially used for weather forecasting in the United States. After ceasing to function as a weather satellite in 1989, it was used as a communications satellite, and spent over thirty-eight years in operation. GOES-3 was decommissioned 29 June 2016 at the Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing facility in Miami, Florida.[7]

GOES-3 was built by Ford Aerospace, and was based on the satellite bus developed for the SMS programme.[8] At launch it had a mass of 627 kilograms (1,382 lb).[2]

## Contents

* 1 Launch
* 2 Orbit
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Launch

GOES-C was launched using a Delta 2914 carrier rocket flying from Launch Complex 17B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.[2] The launch occurred at 10:49 GMT (5:49 a.m. local time) on 16 June 1978, just two minutes short of a year after the previous satellite, GOES-2.[6]

## Orbit

GOES-C on a Delta 2914 before launch

The launch successfully placed GOES-C into a geostationary transfer orbit, from which it raised itself to geostationary orbit using an onboard SVM-5 apogee motor. Its insertion into geosynchronous orbit occurred at 03:22 on 17 June.[1]

GOES-C underwent on-orbit testing, and was subsequently redesignated GOES-3. It replaced GOES 1 in service, and was initially operated at 135° West. In 1981, it was moved to 90° West, arriving in 1982, before departing again in 1984. In 1985 it arrived back at 135° West. In 1987 it was moved to 129° West, where it operated until it became unusable for meteorological studies in 1989.

After ceasing operations as a weather satellite, GOES-3 was reassigned for use as a communications satellite. In 1990, it was relocated to 175° West, and in 1995 it was moved again, and was stationed between 102° and 110° West since 1996. Organisations which used GOES-3 for communications included Peacesat, who used it to provide communications services to islands in the Pacific Ocean;[9] the University of Hawaii who used it to broadcast educational programmes;[5] the US National Science Foundation, who used it for communications with the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station;[10] and the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.[11]

## See also

* 1978 in spaceflight
* TDRS-1

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Index". Geostationary Orbit Catalog. Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/geo.date.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wade, Mark. "GOES". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/goes.htm.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NASA.gov
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Telemetry Details". https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1978-062A.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "GOES-3". The GOES Program - ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/history/goes/goes3.html.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. https://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt.
7. ↑ "Goes-3 Satellite Decommissioned After Linking Antarctica To The World For More Than 20 Years". University of Miami. http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/news-events/press-releases/2016/goes-3-satellite-decommissioned-after-linking-antarctica-to-the-world-for-m.
8. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "SMS 1, 2 / GOES-1, 2, 3". Gunter's Space Page. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/goes-a_sms.htm.
9. ↑ "GOES-7 TRANSITIONED TO HAWAII FOR USE BY PEACESAT STATION, NOAA ANNOUNCES". NOAA. 15 June 1999. http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases99/june99/noaa99r309.html.
10. ↑ "Outliving expectations: Marisat-F2 satellite held on for 32 years, served South Pole for 8". Spaceref. 12 December 2008. https://spaceref.com/status-report/outliving-expectations-marisat-f2-satellite-held-on-for-32-years-served-south-pole-for-8/.
11. ↑ "UCS Satellite Database". Union of Concerned Scientists. 1 July 2009. https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_weapons_and_global_security/space_weapons/technical_issues/ucs-satellite-database.html.

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Orbital launches in 1978

Kosmos 974 | Intelsat IVA F-3 | Soyuz 27 | Kosmos 975 | Kosmos 976 * Kosmos 977 * Kosmos 978 * Kosmos 979 * Kosmos 980 * Kosmos 981 * Kosmos 982 * Kosmos 983 | Kosmos 984 | Kosmos 985 | Progress 1 | Molniya-3 No.20 | Kosmos 986 | Fanhui Shi Weixing 4 | IUE | Kosmos 987 | Kyokko | Kosmos 988 | OPS 6291 | Kosmos 989 | Ume 2 | Kosmos 990 | OPS 5111 | OPS 6031 | Kosmos 991 | Soyuz 28 | Molniya-1-39 | Kosmos 992 | Landsat 3 * OSCAR 8 * PIX-1 | Kosmos 993 | Kosmos 994 | OPS 0460 * OPS 7858 | Kosmos 995 | OPS 9439 * OPS 9440 | Kosmos 996 | Kosmos 997 * Kosmos 998 | Kosmos 999 | Kosmos 1000 | Intelsat IVA F-6 | Kosmos 1001 | Kosmos 1002 | OPS 8790 | Yuri 1 | Kosmos 1003 | HCMM | OPS 6183 | Kosmos 1004 | OTS-2 | Kosmos 1005 | Kosmos 1006 | OPS 5112 | Kosmos 1007 | Kosmos 1008 | Kosmos 1009 | Pioneer Venus Orbiter | Kosmos 1010 | Kosmos 1011 | Kosmos 1012 | Ekran No.13L | Molniya-1-40 | Kosmos 1013 * Kosmos 1014 * Kosmos 1015 * Kosmos 1016 * Kosmos 1017 * Kosmos 1018 * Kosmos 1019 * Kosmos 1020 | Kosmos 1021 | OPS 9454 | Kosmos 1022 | OPS 4515 | Soyuz 29 | GOES 3 | Kosmos 1023 | Seasat | Soyuz 30 | Kosmos 1024 | Kosmos 1025 | Comstar 1C | Kosmos 1026 | Progress 2 | GEOS-2 | Molniya-1-41 | Gran' No.14L | Kosmos 1027 | OPS 7310 | Kosmos 1028 | Progress 3 | Pioneer Venus Multiprobe | ISEE-3 | Ekran No.15L | Molniya-1-41 | Soyuz 31 | Kosmos 1029 | Kosmos 1030 | Venera 11 | Kosmos 1031 | Venera 12 | Jikiken | Kosmos 1032 | Kosmos 1033 | Progress 4 | Kosmos 1034 * Kosmos 1035 * Kosmos 1036 * Kosmos 1037 * Kosmos 1038 * Kosmos 1039 * Kosmos 1040 * Kosmos 1041 | Kosmos 1042 | OPS 5113 | Kosmos 1043 | Molniya-3 No.22 | TIROS-N | Kosmos 1044 | Ekran No.14L | Nimbus 7 * CAMEO | Interkosmos 18 * Magion 1 | Kosmos 1045 * RS-1 * RS-2 | Prognoz 7 | Kosmos 1046 | Einstein | Kosmos 1047 | Kosmos 1048 | NATO 3C | Kosmos 1049 | Kosmos 1050 | Kosmos 1051 * Kosmos 1052 * Kosmos 1053 * Kosmos 1054 * Kosmos 1055 * Kosmos 1056 * Kosmos 1057 * Kosmos 1058 | Kosmos 1059 | Kosmos 1060 | OPS 5114 | OPS 9441 * OPS 9442 | Kosmos 1061 | Kosmos 1062 | Anik B1 * DRIMS | Kosmos 1063 | Gorizont No.11L | Kosmos 1064 | Kosmos 1065 | Kosmos 1066 | Kosmos 1067 | Kosmos 1068 | Kosmos 1069

Payloads are separated by bullets ( * ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

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