GOES 10
1997-04-25
Satellite information GOES 10
| Spacetrack Directory Name | GOES 10 |
| Orbit launches |
1997-04-25 |
| Deorbitation |
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| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | AFETR (Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral, USA) |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 36000 km |
| Apogee | 36223 km |
Additional information GOES 10
GOES-10, known as GOES-K before becoming operational, was an American weather satellite, which formed part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. It was launched in 1997, and after completing operations as part of the main GOES system, it was kept online as a backup spacecraft until December 2009, providing coverage of South America as GOES-SOUTH, and being used to assist with hurricane predictions for North America. It was retired and maneuvered to a graveyard orbit on 1 December 2009.
satellite GOES 10 Date of exalting 25.04.1997y.
