1977-048A
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 02 (GOES 2, GOES B) was launched at 1051:00 on 1977 Jun 16 by Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral. In Nov 1978 it began participation in the FGGE as the GOES E satellite (75 deg West), but on Dec 18 its VISSR imager underwent a partial failure, and the old SMS 1 was called in to replace it as the GOES E satellite. It was moved to a backup position at 105W. This position was moved to 107W in 1981 for spacing purposes.
In the 1990s it was used by the Pacific Ocean PEACESAT network for communications. PEACESAT is the PanPacific Education and Communications Experiment by Satellite. It was replaced in 1999 by GOES 7 in that role. In 2001, NOAA raised GOES 2's orbit.
| GOES 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Jun 16 | 1051:00 | Launch by Delta 2914 | |
| T+0:38 SRM 1-6 off | |||
| T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on | |||
| T+1:17 SRM 7-9 off | |||
| T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep | -6300 x 30 ? | ||
| T+3:48 MECO | |||
| T+3:56 St 1 sep 98 km | -4000 x 200 ? | ||
| T+4:01 SES-1 | |||
| 1055 | T+4:45 Fairing | ||
| 1059 | T+8:57? Delta SECO-1 | 180 x 185 x 28.4? | |
| 1112 | T+21:17? SES-2 | ||
| 1112 | T+21:24? SECO-2 | 180 x 730? x 28.4 | |
| 1113? | T+22:14? spinup | ||
| 1113? | T+22:16? St 2 sep | ||
| 1113? | T+22:58? TES | ||
| 1114? | T+23:42? TECO | ||
| 1115? | T+24:55? Star 37 sep | 262 x 37206 x 22.9 | |
| Delta depletion | 573 x 1788 x 28.4 | ||
| 1977 Jun 17 | 0326 | AKM, apo 2 | |
| 0331? | AKM ejection | ||
| 2113 | 1431.81 34657 x 36747 x 0.9 GEO 69.9W+1.0E | ||
| 1977 Jun 20 | 1421.12 34682 x 36303 x 0.9 GEO 68.6W+4.0E | ||
| 1977 Jun 21 | 1435.98 35265 x 36302 x 0.9 GEO 66.7W+0.0E | ||
| 1977 Jul 29 | 1600 | To NOAA | 1436.24 35273 x 36305 x 0.8 GEO 66.8W |
| 1977 Aug 2 | 1445.56 35635 x 36304 x 0.8 GEO 67W+2.3W | ||
| 1977 Aug 10 | mv in | 1436.18 35785 x 35791 x 0.8 GEO 74.4W | |
| 1978 Mar 30 | 1436.15 35772 x 35803 x 0.3 GEO 75.5W | ||
| 1978 Oct 22 | 1436.14 35776 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 75.3W | ||
| 1978 Nov | FGGE GOES E | 75W | |
| 1978 Dec 18 | VISSR malf. | ||
| 1978 Dec | Move to 105W | ||
| 1979 Mar 15 | 1436.14 35732 x 35842 x 0.1 GEO 100.2W | ||
| 1979 Sep 1 | 1436.23 35780 x 35798 x 0.4 GEO 104.0W | ||
| 1979 Nov 1 | 1436.23 35678 x 35899 x 0.6 GEO 106.4W | ||
| 1980 Mar 10 | 1436.00 35730 x 35839 x 0.8 GEO 109.6W | ||
| 1980 Apr 19 | 1436.10 35778 x 35795 x 0.9 GEO 110.2W | ||
| 1980 Jul 5 | 1436.24 35739 x 35839 x 0.5 GEO 106.4W | ||
| 1981 Jan 13 | 1436.11 35759 x 35814 x 0.3 GEO 104.9W | ||
| 1981 Jan 15 | 105W, start drift | ||
| 1981 Mar 8 | 107W, arrive | ||
| 1982 Jan 4 | 1436.07 35776 x 35795 x 0.4 GEO 106.5W | ||
| 1983 Feb 14 | 1436.03 35864 x 35886 x 1.4 GEO 108.1W | ||
| 1983 May | 107W | ||
| 1984 Jan | 106W | ||
| 1984 Aug 31 | 1436.15 3577 x 35798 x 2.8 GEO 107.5W | ||
| 1984 Sep | Move to 112W | ||
| 1984 Oct 2 | 1436.35 35755 x 35827 x 2.8 GEO 112.2W+0.07W | ||
| 1984 Nov 26 | 1436.04 35744 x 35826 x 3.0 GEO 114.2W | ||
| 1985 Mar 10 | 1436.19 35765 x 35811 x 3.2 GEO 112.9W | ||
| 1986 Sep 7 | 1436.14 35733 x 35841 x 4.5 GEO 112.8W | ||
| 1988 Jan 16 | 1436.22 35752 x 35825 x 5.9 GEO 113.9W | ||
| 1989 Jan 2 | 1435.99 35748 x 35820 x 6.6 GEO 112.8W | ||
| 1990 Feb 12 | 1436.20 35734 x 35843 x 7.8 GEO 113.0W | ||
| 1990 Feb | Mv out | ||
| 1990 Mar 2 | 1433.10 35700 x 35755 x 7.8 GEO 105.8W+0.8E | ||
| 1990 May 13 | mv in | 1436.06 35745 x 35826 x 8.0 GEO 59.3W | |
| 1990 Oct 17 | 1435.88 35727 x 35837 x 8.4 GEO 60.1W | ||
| 1992 Jul 19 | 1436.22 35784 x 35793 x 9.9 GEO 59.7W | ||
| 1992 Jul 26 | mv out | 1440.02 35849 x 35877 x 9.8 GEO 77.0W+1.0W | |
| 1992 Oct 1 | mv in | 1436.25 35766 x 35812 x 10.0 GEO 137.0W | |
| 1993 Mar 2 | 1436.14 35770 x 35804 x 10.3 GEO 135.9W | ||
| 1993 May 2 | 1435.82 35768 x 35793 x 10.4 GEO 134.2W | ||
| 1994 Jun 12 | 1436.19 35780 x 35796 x 11.2 GEO 136.2W | ||
| 1995 Jan 19 | 1436.05 35767 x 35804 x 11.6 GEO 135.7W | ||
| 1995 Jan 28 | Mv out | 1438.08 35774 x 35876 x 11.6 GEO 140.1W+0.5W | |
| 1995 Apr 21 | mv in | 1436.44 35751 x 35834 x 11.7 GEO 173.6W | |
| 1995 | reactivated for PEACESAT comms | ||
| 1995 Jul 15 | 1436.03 35736 x 35834 x 11.9 GEO 176.7W | ||
| 1997 Jan 1 | 1435.95 35739 x 35828 x 12.6 GEO 176.8W | ||
| 1999 Jan 4 | 1435.92 35762 x 35803 x 13.4 GEO 175.2W+0.04E | ||
| 1999 Apr 13 | Reverse drift? | 1435.39 35759 x 35785 x 13.5 GEO 164.5W+0.17E | |
| 1999 Apr 28 | 1436.34 35781 x 35801 x 13.5 GEO 170.3W | ||
| 1999 | Replaced by GOES 7 as PEACESAT | ||
| 2000 Aug 1 | 1436.07 35753 x 35818 x 13.8 GEO 171W | ||
| 2000 Oct 16 | Drifting | 1435.65 35752 x 35803 x 13.8 | |
| 2001 May 1 | Orbit raise | ||
| 2001 May 5 | Orbit raise | 1448.70 35982 x 36083 x 13.9 | |
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