GOES 14

Launch data: Designation  35491 / 09033A Launch date  27 Jun 2009 - 22:51 UT Launch site  CC, SLC-37B Launch vehicle  Delta-4M+(4.2) Mission  Government: Earth/Meteorology Geostationary orbit on Jul 08.90: Perigee / Apogee  35771 x 35787 km Eccentricity  0.00E+00 Inclination  0.54 deg Period  1435.72 min

Mission details:

• GOES 14 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES O before launch) is a meteorological satellite launched for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and using a Boeing BS-601 satellite platform. The body of the satellite is a box, 2.25 x 3.37 x 3.63 metres at launch with a single solar panel, 8.2 metres long.
• The GOES satellites provide wide-area weather imaging and solar flare monitoring. GOES O, which became GOES 14 after reaching geostationary orbit on Jul 9, went up on a Delta 4 Medium+ variant with a 4-meter fairing and two strap-on solid boosters. The three Delta burns put it sucessively in 187 x 554 km x 28.5 deg, 268 x 34603 km x 26.6 deg, and 6634 x 35155 km x 12.0 deg orbits. The on-board R-4D apogee engine raised the orbit to geostationary.
• GOES O is a 601 class satellite built by Boeing (El Segundo). Early orbit checkout is done by NASA Goddard, and then it will be controlled by the NOAA satellite center in Suitland, Maryland.