Goes 08

Also known as Goes I

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General

Designation	23051 / 94022A
Launch date	13 Apr 1994
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Meteorology
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Atlas Centaur

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 13 Apr 1994	1995	90°W
1995	Apr 2003	75°W
Oct 2003	May 2004	165°E, standby mode

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End of life

Out of service	May 2004
Cause	Moved to the junk orbit

On board were instruments for high resolution visible and UV imagers, and "sounders" for temperature and moisture profiles. Also on board were energetic particle detectors and a magnetometer.

The satellite experienced loss of attitude control on 9 Jan 1997. One of the two momentum wheels was lost due to a tachometer failure. Goes 8 is now using its functioning momentum wheel in concert with the reaction wheel to maintain attitude control.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications
Payload

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