For 22 years (from ATS-1 to GOES-H) a single technology has dominated imaging from geosynchronous altitudes. In 1990, with the scheduled launch of GOES-I, a major change will occur which will in turn open the way for the Geostationary Platform. The need for improved observations of severe storms has led NOAA to a decision to replace spinning geostationary spacecraft with a three-axis-stabilized type (non-spinning) vehicle already common among communications spacecraft and demonstrated by INSAT. Also, the current spin-scan imager with sounder channels will be replaced by separate instruments capable of independent aiming. The advantages and challenges of the changes are discussed.
Operational Requirements and the Geostationary Platform
1989
5 pages
Report
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English
Operational requirements and the geostationary platform
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