GOES 14

GOES 14

GOES 14 during pre-launch processing
Operator	NOAA/NASA
Major contractors	Boeing, ITT Corporation
Bus	BSS-601
Mission type	Weather
Launch date	27 June 2009 22:51 GMT
Carrier rocket	Delta IV-M+(4,2)
Launch site	CCAFS SLC-37B
Mission duration	10 years
COSPAR ID	2009-033A
Mass	3,133 kilograms (6,910 lb)
Power	2.3 kilowatts from solar array
Orbital elements
Regime	Geostationary
Orbital period	24 hours
Longitude	89.5° West[citation needed]

GOES 14, known as GOES-O prior to reaching its operational orbit, is an American weather satellite, which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. The spacecraft was built by Boeing and is based on the BSS-601 bus. It is the second of three GOES satellites to use the BSS-601 bus, after GOES 13, which was launched in May 2006.

It was launched by United Launch Alliance aboard a Delta IV-M+(4,2) rocket at 22:51 GMT on 27 June 2009, from Space Launch Complex 37B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Upon reaching geostationary orbit, on 7 July, it was redesignated GOES 14. It underwent a 6-month series of post-launch tests before completing its "check-out" phase and then was placed into "orbital storage mode" or stand-by. Its first full disk image was sent on 27 July 2009

Launch

Launch of GOES-O.

This is the first full-disk thermal infra-red (IR) image taken by GOES 14.

The first attempt to launch GOES-O was made on On 26 June 2009, during a launch window running from 22:14-23:14 GMT (18:14-19:14 EDT). Due to rain and lightning at the launch site, the launch was delayed from the start of the window to 22:44 GMT, and once this passed, it was reset to the end of the window. At 22:59 GMT, the launch was scrubbed after field mills detected an unacceptably strong electrical field in the atmosphere, and fifteen minutes would have been required from this clearing in order to launch - longer than remained of the launch window. The weather satellite was eventually launched on 27 June 2009.

See also

• Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NASA

External links

• GOES-14 image examples on the CIMSS Satellite Blog
• NASA Sets Coverage for Goes-O Launch on June 26
• GOES-O Update
• GOES-O Spacecraft
• GOES-N, O, P, Q
• ITT Provides Main Sensors for GOES-O Weather Satellite
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