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GOES S

completedLaunch 2018-022
Launched 3/1/2018HEOService CGSat GTO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
GOES 17
active
Earth Observation
GEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
3/1/2018
Launch ID
2018-022
Launch Profile
Sat GTO O
Service Type
CG
Customer Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Launch Vehicle
Atlas V 541 C
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Earth Observation 1
Track
Mentions
5
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

The GOES-R Series Program includes GOES-R (GOES-16, launched in 2016), GOES-S (GOES-17, launched in 2018), GOES-T (GOES-18), and GOES-U which is scheduled to launch in 2024.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Jan 5, 2023NOAA’s GOES-18 now GOES West and fully operational with L3Harris’ Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) aboard

The Atlas V 541 configuration has launched missions for the National Reconnaissance Office, carried the GOES-R and GOES-S satellites, and most recently launched the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter.

GeneralPlanValue 4.0Mar 2, 2022NOAA’s GOES-T Satellite Launched To Orbit By United Launch Alliance

GOES-S launched in March 2018 and became GOES-17, operating from the GOES West slot at 137 degrees west in geostationary orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.5Sep 11, 2021SpaceX wins contract to launch weather satellite after ULA withdraws

GOES-17 was launched in March 2018 as GOES-S.

PlanValue 2.8Aug 2, 2019GOES-17 instrument problem blamed on blocked heat pipe

GOES-17 was originally designated GOES-S and launched in March 2019.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Jul 24, 2018NOAA still grappling with instrument problem on new weather satellite