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| Names | GOES-N GOES-13 (before September 8, 2020) |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Weather satellite |
| Operator | NOAA/NASA and USSF |
| COSPAR ID | 2006-018A |
| SATCAT no. | 29155 |
| Website | goes.gsfc.nasa.gov |
| Mission duration | 10 years (planned) 18 years, 2 months and 7 days (elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | GOES-N series |
| Bus | BSS-601 |
| Manufacturer | Boeing |
| Launch mass | 3133 kg |
| Power | 2300 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 24 May 2006, 22:11:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Delta IV-M+(4,2) |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-37B |
| Contractor | Boeing |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Decommissioned[1] |
| Deactivated | NET February 2024 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 61.5° East |
| Slot | Indian Ocean |
EWS-G1 (Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary)[2] is a weather satellite of the U.S. Space Force, formerly GOES-13 (also known as GOES-N before becoming operational) and part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. On 14 April 2010, GOES-13 became the operational weather satellite for GOES-East.[3] It was replaced by GOES-16 on 18 December 2017[4] and on 8 January 2018 its instruments were shut off and it began its three-week drift to an on-orbit storage location at 60.0° West longitude, arriving on 31 January 2018. It remained there as a backup satellite in case one of the operational GOES satellites had a problem until early July 2019, when it started to drift westward and was being transferred to the U.S. Air Force, and then the U.S. Space Force.[5][6][7]
GOES-13 arrived at 61.5° East longitude in mid-February 2020.[8] The satellite was renamed EWS-G1 and became fully operational over the Indian Ocean basin on September 8, 2020. EWS-G2 (GOES-15) was drafted to replace it in September 2023.[9]
EWS-G1 was removed from operational service on October 31, 2023.[1]
- ^ a b Schmit, Tim (9 November 2023). "GOES-N to GOES-13, EWS-G1 and the Graveyard (Orbit)". cimss.ssec.wisc.edu. Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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- ^ Clark, Stephen (20 December 2017). "NOAA's GOES-16 weather satellite declared operational". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Farewell to GOES-13: The History of NOAA's Former GOES East Satellite | NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)". www.nesdis.noaa.gov. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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- ^ "Space Force accepts second weather satellite through NOAA partnership". United States Space Force. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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