Goes 11

Named Goes L until it was launched

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General

Designation	26352 / 00022A
Launch date	3 May 2000
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Meteorology
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Atlas Centaur #126

Will be stored in GEO right after launch despite objections from scientist that would rather use to satellite to study hurricanes over the Atlantic.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 3 May 2000		104°W
Nov 2000		105°W
May 2001		109°W
Nov 2001		106°W
Mar 2003		114°W
Nov 2003		105°W
Nov 2005		110°W
Feb 2005		105°W
Jul 2006		135°W

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End of life

Out of service	Dec 2011
Cause	Moved to the junk orbit

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications
Payload

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