GOES-G

GOES-G
Spacecraft properties
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)


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

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 main engine shut down prematurely due to an electrical fault, and the rocket was destroyed by range safety.

Legacy

In 2015, director Ridley Scott used the explosion to depict the launch failure of the IRIS craft, in "The Martian".^[3]

References

↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
↑ Encyclopedia Astronautica – Delta
↑ "The Martian (2015) - Trivia". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database.

External links

NSSDC Entry

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
Predecessor SMS	SMS-1 SMS-2
SMS derived	GOES 1 GOES 2 GOES 3
1^st Generation	GOES 4 GOES 5 GOES 6 GOES-G GOES 7
2^nd Generation	GOES 8 GOES 9 GOES 10 GOES 11 GOES 12
3^rd Generation	GOES 13 GOES 14 GOES 15 GOES-Q
4^th Generation	GOES 16 GOES-S GOES-T GOES-U
Related	Synchronous Meteorological Satellites
List

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