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[Source: NASA GOES Mission Overview, http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/overview/index.html ]

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-P represents a continuation of the newest generation of environmental satellites built by Boeing for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the technical guidance and project management of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.  

GOES satellites provide the familiar weather pictures seen on United States television newscasts every day. The GOES imaging and sounding instruments (built by ITT) feature flexible scans for small-scale area viewing in regions of the visible and infrared spectrum allowing meteorologists to improve short-term forecasts. GOES provides nearly continuous imaging and sounding, which allow forecasters to better measure changes in atmospheric temperature and moisture distributions and hence increase the accuracy of their forecasts.  

GOES environmental information is used for a host of applications, including weather monitoring and prediction models, ocean temperatures and moisture locations, climate studies, cryosphere (ice, snow, glaciers) detection and extent, land temperatures and crop conditions, and hazards detection. 

The GOES-O&P Imagers have improved resolution in the 13 micrometer channel from 8 km to 4 km. The finer spatial resolution allows an improved cloud-top product, height of atmospheric motion vectors and volcanic ash detection. GOES-P continues the improved image navigation and registration, additional power and fuel lifetime capability, space weather, solar x-ray imaging, search and rescue, and communication services as provided on GOES-13.

GOES-P Launches!

The GOES-P satellite launched at 6:57 p.m. EST March 4 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 
 
GOES-P is the third and final spacecraft to be launched in the GOES-N series of geostationary environmental weather satellites.


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   Entry_ID: GOES-15
   Group: Platform_Identification
      Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
      Platform_Series_or_Entity: GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
      Short_Name: GOES-15
      Long_Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15
   End_Group
   Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
      Short_Name: GOES-P
      Short_Name: 36411
   End_Group
   Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
      Short_Name: GOES N-P SOUNDER
      Short_Name: GOES N-P IMAGER
   End_Group
   Group: Orbit
      Period: 24 hours
      Orbit_Type: GEO > GEOSYNCHRONOUS > GEOSTATIONARY
   End_Group
   Creation_Date: 2010-02-24
   Online_Resource: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/spacecraft/n_p_spacecraft.html
   Online_Resource: http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/goespstatus.html
   Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/news/goes-15-active.html
   Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/main/
   Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=2010-008A
   Sample_Image: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/images/content/417581main_2010-1220_1600_946-710.jpg
   Group: Platform_Logistics
      Launch_Date: 2010-03-04
      Launch_Site: CAPE CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, USA
      Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA
      Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA
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