On October 16, 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES satellite! ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com
GOES A was the first in a series of weather satellites that NASA jointly operated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The name is short for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. GOES A launched on a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. GOES satellites all have a geostationary orbit, which means they always face the same part of Earth — in this case, the Indian Ocean. Once GOES A became operational, it was renamed GOES 1.
GOES A was the first in a series of weather satellites that NASA jointly operated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The name is short for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. GOES A launched on a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. GOES satellites all have a geostationary orbit, which means they always face the same part of Earth — in this case, the Indian Ocean. Once GOES A became operational, it was renamed GOES 1.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES satellite.
00:08GOES-A was the first in a series of weather satellites that NASA jointly operates with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA.
00:15The name is short for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
00:19GOES-A launched on a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral.
00:22GOES satellites all have a geostationary orbit, which means that they always face the same part of Earth, in this case the Indian Ocean.
00:29Once GOES-A became operational, it was renamed GOES-1.
00:33And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:36Music.