GOES 14

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NOAA weather satellite

title: "GOES 14" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites", "satellites-using-the-bss-601-bus", "national-weather-service", "national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration", "spacecraft-launched-in-2009", "spacecraft-launched-by-delta-iv-rockets"] description: "NOAA weather satellite" topic_path: "general/geostationary-operational-environmental-satellites" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOES_14" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary NOAA weather satellite ::

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Field	Value
name	GOES-14
image	GOES-O before oxidizer and hydrazine loading.jpg
image_caption	GOES-14 during pre-launch processing
mission_type	Weather satellite
operator	NOAA NASA
COSPAR_ID	2009-033A
SATCAT	35491
mission_duration	Elasped:
spacecraft_type	GOES-N series
spacecraft_bus	BSS-601
manufacturer	Boeing, ITT Corporation
launch_mass	3133 kg
power	2.3 kilowatts from solar array
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Delta IV-M+(4,2)
launch_site	Cape Canaveral SLC-37B
launch_contractor	United Launch Alliance
deactivated
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Geostationary
orbit_periapsis	35773 km
orbit_apoapsis	35800 km
orbit_eccentricity	0.0003154
orbit_inclination	0.2184°
orbit_period	1,437 minutes
orbit_longitude	105° West
apsis	gee
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| name = GOES-14 | image = GOES-O before oxidizer and hydrazine loading.jpg | image_caption = GOES-14 during pre-launch processing

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GOES-14, known as GOES-O prior to reaching its operational orbit, is an American weather satellite, which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. The spacecraft was built by Boeing and is based on the BSS-601 bus. It is the second of three GOES satellites to use the BSS-601 bus, after GOES-13, which was launched in May 2006.

It was launched by United Launch Alliance aboard a Delta IV-M+(4,2) rocket at 22:51 UTC on 27 June 2009, from Space Launch Complex 37B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Upon reaching geostationary orbit, on 7 July, it was redesignated GOES-14. It underwent a 6-month series of post-launch tests before completing its "check-out" phase and then was placed into "orbital storage mode" or stand-by. Its first full disk image was sent on 27 July 2009.

GOES-14 was brought out of storage and began one-minute rapid scans of Tropical Storm Isaac on 24 August 2012. On 24 September 2012, it temporarily assumed the role of GOES-East after GOES-13 experienced technical difficulties. On 1 October 2012, it began moving East at a rate of 0.9° per day to an ultimate geosynchronous position of 75° West longitude to better cover the Atlantic basin during troubleshooting and repair of GOES-13. GOES-13 was returned to service on 18 October 2012.

GOES-14 was used to monitor Hurricane Sandy in parallel with the repaired GOES-13 and was returned to storage again on February 13, 2013. GOES-14 was again reactivated on 23 May 2013 when a tiny meteorite struck GOES-13 and tilted it out of alignment. GOES-14 operated from its storage location for about 3 weeks while operators got GOES-13 back online.

GOES-14 was to be powered off and placed into storage on 29 February 2020. It can be called back into service if needed.

Launch

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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Hurricane_Bill_in_First_Full_Disk_Thermal_Image_from_GOES_14.jpg" caption="This is the first full-disk thermal [[infrared]] (IR) image taken by GOES-14."] ::

The first attempt to launch GOES-O was made on 26 June 2009, during a launch window running from 22:14-23:14 UTC (18:14-19:14 EDT). Due to rain and lightning at the launch site, the launch was delayed from the start of the window to 22:44 UTC, and once this passed, it was reset to the end of the window. At 22:59 UTC, the launch was scrubbed after field mills detected an unacceptably strong electrical field in the atmosphere, and fifteen minutes would have been required from this clearing in order to launch - longer than remained of the launch window. The weather satellite was eventually launched on 27 June 2009 22:51 UTC (16:51 EDT).

References

"Product Outage/Anomaly: GOES-13 (GOES-East) Data Outage". NOAA.
Hillger, Don. (27 July 2009). "GOES-14 NOAA/Science Post Launch Test (PLT)". [[Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere]].
(27 June 2009). "New NOAA Satellite Reaches Orbit". [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"GOES-14 (O) Moving Into on-Orbit Storage Around Earth". Science Daily.
(28 July 2009). "GOES-14 first full disk image". [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
"GOES-14 Replaces GOES-13 as the GOES East Satellite". NOAA.
(3 October 2012). "GOES-14 satellite drifts eastward to replace malfunctioning GOES-13 - EarthSky.org".
(30 October 2012). "Hurricane Sandy Life Cycle from GOES-13 and GOES-14 « CIMSS Satellite Blog".
"GOES-14 Operational Status".
(19 October 2015). "Launch of GOES-R Satellite Delayed Six Months".
"NOAA Readies GOES-15 and GOES-14 for Orbital Storage".
"GOES-O Launch Coverage". [[NASA TV]].
(26 June 2009). "Weather Scrub statement for Delta IV GOES-O launch". [[Spaceref.com]].

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