GOES-3

Summary

GOES-3 is a weather satellite^[1]. GOES-3 draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #17 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• GOES-3's image is recorded as GOES 3 artist rendering.jpg^[3].
• GOES-3's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[4].
• GOES-3's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[5].
• GOES-3's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[6].
• GOES-3's follows is recorded as GOES-2^[7].
• GOES-3's followed by is recorded as GOES-4^[8].
• GOES-3's manufacturer is recorded as Ford Aerospace^[9].
• GOES-3's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1978-062A^[10].
• GOES-3's part of is recorded as Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite^[11].
• GOES-3's Commons category is recorded as GOES 3^[12].
• GOES-3's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta 2000^[13].
• GOES-3's SCN is recorded as 10953^[14].
• GOES-3's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[15].
• GOES-3's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1978-06-16T00:00:00Z^[16].
• GOES-3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/076y3yt^[17].
• GOES-3's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[18].
• GOES-3's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[19].
• GOES-3's launch contractor is recorded as McDonnell Douglas^[20].
• GOES-3's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01425'}^[21].
• GOES-3's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17^[22].
• GOES-3's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.10'}^[23].
• GOES-3's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+294'}^[24].
• GOES-3's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+24'}^[25].
• GOES-3's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+36679.20'}^[26].
• GOES-3's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35469'}^[27].

Why It Matters

GOES-3 draws 18 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #17 of 77).^[2]