GOES launch record

=GOES First Generation=

NASA research and development fostered the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Five spin stabilized satellites were built and launched, introducing a new era of satellite service: NASA's demonstration of two Synchronous Meteorological Satellites (SMS) began with the launch of SMS-1 in May 1974 and NOAA's operation of a GOES series followed with the launch of GOES- I in October 1975. The Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) provided imagery from these original SMS and GOES satellites.

GOES First Generation launches and events

GOES Second Generation

The GOES I-M system has been developed by Space Systems/Loral, under NASA supervision, for NOAA. ITT is the subcontractor for the GOES I-M imager and sounder instruments. Each GOES I-M spacecraft is designed for a five-year lifetime. The GOES I-M series introduces improved capabilities to observe weather-related phenomena on all scales from geostationary altitude and represents the evolution of geostationary satellite technology in the United States during nearly a quarter of a century. It supports most U.S. geostationary environmental satellite requirements, both operational and research, into the early twenty-first century.

GOES Second Generation