Artist's impression of one of the new generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) in orbit. The first of the new generation (collectively known as GOES-Next) will be GOES-I,currently scheduled for launch by Atlas rocket in late 1992. The primary instruments are an imaging radiometer and a vertical sounder. GOES-I will be body stabilised,allowing continuous viewing of the Earth. Previous GOES satellites used body spinning for stabilisation,thus only being able to view the Earth for about 5% of the time. A total of five GOES-Next satellites are planned,each with a 5-year design life | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / NASA |
Taille de l’image : | 2856 px × 3555 px |
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