GOES-5 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5 |
(MI_Platform) platform_551 uuid: 8293A0696491322CE040AC8C5AB453FE identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: GOES-5 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5 description: GOES-5 (E) - Launched: May 15, 1981. Instruments: VAS, DCS, SEM, and Magnetometer. Dates of operation: August 5, 1981 - July 30, 1984. Operational Status: Decommissioned. Operated at 75 degrees West as GOES-EAST, but on July 30, 1984, GOES 5 VAS experienced a failure. 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 |