Friday, September 17, 2010

GOES-10

 1997-019A


GOES K was launched in Apr 1997 on the final Atlas I Centaur and renamed NOAA GOES 10. Mass was 2100 kg. GOES 10 was placed in on orbit storage as an operational spare. The plan was to spin-stabilize it while in storage. A solar panel drive failure in Jun 1997 threatened the mission, but operating it in reverse (and flipping the whole satellite) fixed the problem, at the cost of rewriting the ground analysis software.


GOES 10 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Apr 25  0549  Launch by AC-79  CC LC36B 
 0551  BECO T+2:36 
 0551  Booster sep T+2:39 
 0552  Fairing sep T+3:36 
  Atlas SECO 
 0553  Atlas sep T+4:27 
 0553  Centaur TIG1 T+4:49 
 0559  Centaur MECO1 T+10:03  148 x 407 x 28.4 (s) 
 0613  Centaur TIG2 
 0614  Centaur MECO2 
 0618  Centaur sep  757.57 167 x 42131 x 27.0 (A) 
 0642  Centaur depletion  751.80 136 x 41883 x 27.1 (B) 
 0710  Solar panel deploy begins 
1997 Apr 25    757.9 140 x 42175 x 27.1 
1997 Apr 27  0200?  LAM1 
1997 Apr 27   Intermediate? 850.38 4503 x 42205 x 27.6 
1997 Apr 27    991.84 10909 x 42224 x 8.1 
1997 Apr 29  2030?  LAM2 over 44W 
1997 Apr 30    1409.68 28230 x 42305 x 1.1  
1997 May 1  1930?  LAM3 over 30W 
1997 May 1    1607.36 35593 x 42257 x 0.5 
1997 May 3  1330?  LAM4 over 103W 
1997 May 4    1436.94 35596 x 36010 x 0.5 
1997 May 8    1437.70 35615 x 36020 x 0.4 GEO 104.4W+0.4W 
1997 May 13    1436.16 35772 x 35803 x 0.4 GEO 105.1W 
1997 Jun   Solar panel drive failed 
1997 Jul 31   Spacecraft rotated 180 deg 
1998 May 2    1436.00 35769 x 35800 x 0.3 GEO 104.6W 
1998 Jun 5   GOES 10 turned over to NOAA 
1998 Jul 9   Activated  GEO 105W 
1998 Jul 20    1435.93 35772 x 35794 x 0.4 GEO 103.8W 
1998 Jul 26   mv out  1440.03 35794 x 35932 x 0.4 
1998 Sep 14   mv in  1436.20 35778 x 35799 x 0.3 GEO 135.1W 
1999 Oct 17    1436.00 35774 x 35794 x 0.2 GEO 135.2W 
2006 Jun 29    1435.95 35774 x 35793 x 0.9 GEO 134.5W 
2006 Jun 30   move out  
2006 Aug 4    1435.01 35759 x 35771 x 1.0 GEO 125.5W+0.3E/d 
2006 Dec 4   Arrived at 60W 
2007 Oct 11    1436.18 35764 x 35812 x 2.1 GEO 59.6W 
2009 Jun   S American imaging support 
2009 Nov 30    1436.25 35772 x 35806 x 4.0 GEO 60.4W 

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