GOES-G

American weather satellite destroyed in 1986

GOES-G

Artist's impression of an HS-371-derived GOES satellite

Mission type| Weather satellite
Operator| NOAA / NASA
Mission duration| Failed to orbit
7 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Bus| HS-371
Manufacturer| Hughes
Launch mass| 660 kilograms (1,460 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date| 3 May 1986, 22:18 (1986-05-03UTC22:18Z) UTC[1]
Rocket| Delta 3914 D178
Launch site| Cape Canaveral LC-17A
Contractor| McDonnell Douglas
Orbital parameters
Reference system| Geocentric
Regime| Geostationary
Epoch| Planned

GOES-G was a weather satellite to be operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The satellite was designed to sense and monitor meteorological conditions from a geostationary orbit, intended to replace GOES-5 and provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture. It was lost due to the launch failure of a Delta 3914 rocket on 3 May 1986.

## Launch

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GOES-G launch.

Explosion 71 seconds after launch.

Launch occurred on May 3, 1986 at 22:18 GMT,[2] aboard Delta 178, the first NASA launch following the Challenger disaster. Seventy-one seconds into the flight, the first stage RS-27 engine shut down prematurely due to an electrical fault, and the rocket was destroyed by range safety.[3][4]

## References

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1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
2. ^ Encyclopedia Astronautica – Delta Archived August 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Savage, Annaliza (November 19, 2009). "When Good Rockets Go Bad". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
4. ^ Kyle, Ed. "Delta Reborn: Extra Extended Long Tank "Delta 2"". www.spacelaunchreport.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

## External links

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* Spaceflight portal

* NSSDC Entry

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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

* Synchronous Meteorological Satellites

SMS (predecessor)|

* SMS-1
* SMS-2

SMS derived|

* GOES 1
* GOES 2
* GOES 3

1st generation|

* GOES 4
* GOES 5
* GOES 6
* GOES-G
* GOES 7

2nd generation|

* GOES 8
* GOES 9
* GOES 10
* GOES 11
* GOES 12

3rd generation|

* GOES 13
* GOES 14
* GOES 15
* GOES-Q

4th generation|

* GOES 16
* GOES-17
* GOES-18
* GOES-19

* List of GOES satellites

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← 1985

Orbital launches in 1986

1987 →

January|

* Shiyong Tongbu Tongxin Weixing 1
* Kosmos 1729
* Kosmos 1730
* Kosmos 1731
* USA-15, USA-16, USA-17, USA-18
* Kosmos 1732
* Yuri 2b
* Mir / Core
* Kosmos 1733
* SPOT-1, Viking
* Kosmos 1734
* Kosmos 1735
* STS-51-L (TDRS-B, SPARTAN-203)

February|

* Soyuz T-15
* Progress 25
* Kosmos 1736
* Kosmos 1737
* Unnamed
* GStar-2, Brasilsat A2

March|

* Kosmos 1738
* Kosmos 1739
* Kosmos 1740
* Kosmos 1741
* KH-9 No.1220, Pearl Ruby
* Molniya-3 No.43
* Progress 26

April|

* GOES-G
* Kosmos 1742
* Kosmos 1743
* Soyuz TM-1
* Kosmos 1744
* Kosmos 1745
* Ekran No.30L
* Meteor-2 No.18
* Kosmos 1746
* Kosmos 1747
* Intelsat VA F-14

May|

* Kosmos 1748, Kosmos 1749, Kosmos 1750, Kosmos 1751, Kosmos 1752, Kosmos 1753, Kosmos 1754, Kosmos 1755
* Kosmos 1756
* Gorizont No.24L
* Kosmos 1757
* Kosmos 1758
* Kosmos 1759
* Kosmos 1760
* Molniya-3 No.44

June|

* Kosmos 1761
* Kosmos 1762
* Kosmos 1763
* Kosmos 1764
* Kosmos 1765
* Kosmos 1766
* Kosmos 1767
* Molniya-1 No.59

July|

* Kosmos 1768
* Kosmos 1769
* Kosmos 1770
* Ajisai, Fuji 1a, Jindai
* Kosmos 1771
* Kosmos 1772
* Kosmos 1773
* Kosmos 1774

August|

* Kosmos 1775
* Kosmos 1776
* Molniya-1 No.57
* USA-19
* Kosmos 1777
* Kosmos 1778, Kosmos 1779, Kosmos 1780
* Kosmos 1781
* NOAA-10
* Kosmos 1782

September|

* Kosmos 1783
* Fanhui Shi Weixing 9
* Kosmos 1784
* Unnamed
* Kosmos 1785
* Molniya-3 No.41
* Kosmos 1786
* Kosmos 1787
* Gran' No.30L
* Kosmos 1788
* Kosmos 1789

October|

* Kosmos 1790
* Kosmos 1791
* Kosmos 1792
* Polar Bear
* Molniya-1 No.60
* Gorizont No.22L
* Kosmos 1793
* Kosmos 1794, Kosmos 1795, Kosmos 1796, Kosmos 1797, Kosmos 1798, Kosmos 1799, Kosmos 1800, Kosmos 1801
* Kosmos 1802
* Mech-K No.303

November|

* Kosmos 1715
* Kosmos 1716, Kosmos 1717, Kosmos 1718, Kosmos 1719, Kosmos 1720, Kosmos 1721, Kosmos 1722, Kosmos 1723
* STS-61-C (Satcom K1)
* Kosmos 1724
* Kosmos 1725
* Kosmos 1726
* Gran' No.29L
* Kosmos 1727
* Kosmos 1728

December|

* Kosmos 1803
* Kosmos 1804
* USA-20
* Kosmos 1805
* Kosmos 1806
* Kosmos 1807
* Kosmos 1808
* Kosmos 1809
* Kosmos 1810
* Molniya-1 No.62

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