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GOES 6

NOAA weather satellite

Field	Value
name	GOES-6
image	GOES 4-5-6-7 illustration.jpg
image_caption	Artist's impression of an HS-371 derived GOES satellite
mission_type	Weather satellite
operator	NOAANASA
COSPAR_ID	1983-041A
SATCAT	14050
mission_duration	7 years (planned)
6 years (VISSR)
9 years (achieved)
spacecraft_bus	HS-371
manufacturer	Hughes
launch_mass	660 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Delta 3914
launch_site	Cape Canaveral LC-17A
launch_contractor	McDonnell Douglas
disposal_type	Decommissioned
deactivated
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Geostationary
orbit_semimajor	42,151.0 km
orbit_periapsis	35,759.4 km
orbit_apoapsis	35,800.9 km
orbit_inclination	14.7°
orbit_period	1,435.1 minutes
orbit_longitude	135° West (1983-1984)
97° West (1984)
108° West (1984-1987)
135° West (1987-1992)
orbit_slot	GOES-WEST (1983-1984, 1987-1992)
apsis	gee

6 years (VISSR) 9 years (achieved)

97° West (1984) 108° West (1984-1987) 135° West (1987-1992)

GOES-6, known as GOES-F before becoming operational, was a geostationary weather satellite which was operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. Launched in 1983, it was used for weather forecasting in the United States.

GOES-6 was built by Hughes Space and Communications, and was based on the HS-371 satellite bus. At launch it had a mass of 660 kg, with an expected operational lifespan of around seven years.

Launch

GOES-F was launched using a Delta 3914 carrier rocket flying from Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch occurred at 22:26 GMT on 28 April 1983.

Orbit

The launch successfully placed GOES-F into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, from which it raised itself to geostationary orbit by means of an onboard Star 27 apogee motor, with insertion occurring on 9 May 1983.

Following insertion into geosynchronous orbit, GOES-6 was positioned at 135° West. In 1984 it was moved, initially to 97° West, and later to 108° West to cover for the failure of the Visible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer on GOES-5. After GOES-7 replaced GOES-5 in 1987, GOES-6 was returned to 135° West, where it remained for the rest of its operational life. Its imager had failed on 21 January 1989, leaving GOES-7 as the only operational GOES satellite for over five years, until the launch of GOES-8 in 1994. Following this failure, it remained operational as a relay satellite until it was retired to a graveyard orbit on 19 May 1992.

References

"GOES-6". NASA.
"GOES-6". US National Space Science Data Center.
Krebs, Gunter. "GOES 4, 5, 6, G, 7". Gunter's Space Page.
Wade, Mark. "GOES". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Index". Jonathan's Space Page.

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