GOES-13

 2006-018A

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GOES N (GOES 13 once operational) is the first of four follow-on weather satellites (GOES N,O,P,Q) built by Hughes to replace the Loral GOES I series. The bus is based on the Boeing 601. The GOES program is managed by NOAA, with NASA-GSFC doing acquisition and early orbit ops. For the first time, Hughes will deliver the satellites on orbit. GOES N launch originally for Oct 2001, eventually 2005. Launch by Delta IVM+(4,2) with three second stage burns.

GOES N is box + panel + boom; size is 2.6 x 4.6 x 2.9m stowed, 8.4 x 9.1 x 2.9m deployed wiht 8.5m mag boom and 8.2m solar panel. Mass 3209 kg launch 1800 kg BOL, 1543 kg dry.

GOES N
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 May 24	2211:00	Launch by Delta 4	CC SLC37B
		T+1:34 GEM 1-2 burnout
		T+1:40 GEM 1-2 sep
		T+4:27 MECO 144 km 5.390 km/s
		T+4:43 Stage 1 CBC sep
		T+4:47 SES-1 160 km 5.388 km/s	-4400? x 230?
		T+4:57 Fairing sep 168 km 5.409 km/s
	2223	T+12:37 SECO-1	187 x 554 x 28.4
	2223	T+23:05 SES-2 243s
	2238:08	T+27:08 SECO-2	202 x 34243 x 26.6
2006 May 25	0221	T+4:10:01 SES-3
	0221	T+4:10:56 SECO-3	6623 x 35177 x 12.0
	0232	T+4:21:26 Stage 2 sep
2006 May 24			747.92 6656 x 35171 x 12.0
2006 May 27			898.80 13788 x 35157 x 6.2
2006 May 30			1235.64 28368 x 35162 x 1.1
2006 Jun 1			1364.30 33570 x 35168 x 0.3 GEO 113.9E
2006 Jun 2	1630?	LAM
2006 Jun 4			1435.95 35768 x 35798 x 0.5 GEO 89.9W
2006 Jun 4		Renamed GOES 13
2006 Jun 7			1435.86 35769 x 35794 x 0.5 GEO 89.7W
2006 Dec		SXI last image
2009 Jun		In storage at 105W
2010 Jan 11			1436.09 35773 x 35799 x0.4 GEO 105.4W
2010 Feb 26		Move out of GEO
2010 Mar 2		Change drift rate	1435.18 35741 x 35757 x 0.4 GEO 101.0W+0.4E/d
2010 Apr 14		Operational as GOES East	GEO 80.7W+0.4E/d
2010 Apr 27		Move in at 75W as GOES E
2010 May 12			1436.00 35756 x 35813 x 0.2 GEO 75.0W
2012 Sep		Imager/Sounder partial failure
2012 Sep 23		Imager/sounder on standby, replaced by G14
2012 Oct 18		Back in operations
2013 May 22		Out of operation, meteor hit?
2013 Aug 21			1436.20 35774 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 74.9W
2013 Jun 10		Resumed operation
2015 Nov 20		Sounder failed
2016 Nov 26			1436.06 35781 x 35790 x 0.2 GEO 74.5W
2017 Dec 14			1436.07 35779 x 35793 x 0.2 GEO 74.5W
		Replaced by GOES 16 as GOES-East
2018 Jan 10			1436.17 35777 x 35799 x 0.3 GEO 74.7W
2018 Jan 11		Move out	1433.24 35683 x 35778 x 0.3 GEO 74.0W+0.7E/d

Payload:

• Imager, channels: 0.52-0.71, 3.73-4.07, 5.80-7.30, 10.20-11.20, 13.0-13.7 microns.

• Sounder: Visible 0.7mu, SW 3.7-4.6 mu, MW 6.5-11.0 mu, LW 12.0-14.7 mu.

• SAR transponder

• SXI Solar X Imager

• Space Environment Monitor

  • Magnetometers, 2 (one on end of 8.5m boom, one at 0.8m inward.)

  • XRS solar X-ray sensor , 0.05-0.3nm and 0.1-0.8nm.

  • EUV EUV sensor, 5 bands in 100-1260A.