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ection 3 Two Federal Agencies are responsible for the U. S. meteorological satellites (also known as environmental or weather sa ...
Background Alphabet label before launch (GOES-A, GOES-B) Numerical label after geostationary orbit achieved (GOES-6, GOES-7) W ...
NOAA GOES A-H SAT E L L I T E EPS Dome S-Band High Gain Antenna S-Band Bicone Omni Antenna always points toward Earth UHF Antenn ...
Axial Thruster Used for positioning and station acquisition maneuvers, and maybe used for orbit control Despun Section Earth-ori ...
Solar Panel Primary source of spacecraft electrical power, designed so that normal satellite day light operation, plus required ...
rimary Systems Visible-infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) provides visible, infrared, and sounding ...
NOAA GOES I-M SAT E L L I T E S figure 46. to become familiar with the satellite, color each component and its label in a matchi ...
Earth Sensors Detects Earth’s horizon (Earth location). Imager Five-channel (one visible, four infrared) imaging radiometer desi ...
Sounder 19-channel discrete-filter radiometer that senses specific radiation for computing atmospheric vertical temperature and ...
rimary Systems Imager is a five-channel (one visible, four infrared) imaging radiometer that senses radiant energy and reflecte ...
figure 47. GE O S TAT I O N A RY SAT E L L I T E CO V E R A G E ...
IROS-N Designation Alphabet label before launch (NOAA-I, NOAA-J), Numerical label after launch(NOAA-13, NOAA-14) Weight Range ...
AD VA N C E D TIROS-N (AT N ) ...
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) A radiation-detection imager used for remotely determining ice, snow, and cloud ...
Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Contains gyros and accelerometers to provide information for determining spacecraft attitude and ...
Solar Array Silicon solar cells, produce 340 watts of power for direct use or for storage in bat- teries (with excess radiated i ...
rimary Systems Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) five-channel scanning radiometer sensitive in the visible, near ...
figure 49a. Single pass of a polar-orbiting satellite (on a globe, the satellite would orbit almost over the poles). figure 49b. ...
asic Operation Coverage Major Missions rbit Altitude Location Velocity irect Readout Data Image Timeliness Reception antenna RF ...
ection 4 What is direct readout? D i rect readout is the capability to acquire information directly from environmental (also cal ...
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