Goes 09
Also known as Goes J
It has replaced Goes 7. Cost: $220 million
Moved to over the middle of the Pacific in early-2003 to help Japan cope with
the end of life on
GMS 5,
before
Mtsat 2
is launched. The monthly rent will amount to $127500.
Begin
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End
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Position
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L:
23 May 1995
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Dec
1995
|
90°W
|
Feb
1996
|
Aug
1998
|
135°W
|
Aug
1998
|
1999
|
drifting
around 100°W
|
2000
|
Dec
2003
|
drifting
around 105°W
|
Apr
2003
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May
2003
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154°E
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Jun
2003
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Nov
2005
|
155°E
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Dec
2005
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Jun
2007
|
159.5°E
|
Out
of service
|
Jun
2007
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Cause
|
moved
to junk orbit
|
sat-index articles
Specifications
Payload
The satellite lost a backup motor because of overheating. To cope with this
problem the spacecraft, normally facing the earth all the time, will
periodically be turned into another direction (4 times a year when the problem
is more important). Since 1998 it is unused.