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First geostationary Satellite The first geostationary satellite GOES 1 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, on 16 Oct 1975. the principle instruments on board was the visible infrared spin scan radiometer, which provided day and night imagery of clouds conditions over the full disk. The satellite had the capacity to relay meteorological data from more than 10000 locations into a central processing center in order to build weather prediction models.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 20:50:16 +0000

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