GOES-4 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 4 |
(MI_Platform) platform_550 uuid: 8293A069648E322CE040AC8C5AB453FE identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: GOES-4 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 4 description: GOES-4 Spacecraft Letter: D. Launched: September 9, 1980. Instruments: VAS, DCS, SEM and Magnetometer. Dates of operation: March 1981 - November 25, 1982. Operational status: Decommissioned. It was the first geostationary satellite to provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture, which its primary instrument, the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS), provided. GOES-4 was placed in orbit at 135 degrees West to replace the failing GOES-3. 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/8293FAD4B8A675F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: VAS > VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |