GOES-3 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 3 |
(MI_Platform) platform_547 uuid: 8293A0696485322CE040AC8C5AB453FE identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: GOES-3 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 3 description: GOES-3 Spacecraft Letter: C. Launch Date: June 16, 1978. Primary instruments: VISSR. Inclination: 10.76 degrees. Avg. Altitude: 22231 miles. Longitude Position: 170.14. Drift (deg/day): .120E The spin-stabilized spacecraft carried a visible infrared spin-scan radiometer, meteorological data collection and transmission system, space environment monitor, and a biaxial fluxgate magnetometer. It operated at 135 degrees West as GOES-WEST. sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32CE-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743 title: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSO > Office of Satellite Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32D8-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743 title: NASA/GSFC > Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B8CD75F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: VISSR > Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer |