The reason there are three burns is because they have to get the spacecraft up to the geostational transfer orbit. Weather satellites and probes are placed very high up above the Earth's atmosphere in geostational transfer orbits so they can track the storms as they cross the Equator. The first weather satellite placed at this altitude was GOES 16's ancestor TIROS who was the first weather satellite.
How long does it take for the GOES satellite to make one revolution around Earth? Also amount of time to do entire surface of our home planet please... Is there a link on the most recent imagery that the public can view the 🌏! Thank you in advance
This was a great animation. But in all the photos any of these satellites have taken I've never seen a transit of any of the so called 3,300 other satellites that. are up there as well. I question why that is? Also no satellite that I know of has ever been taken out of commission because of a meteor shower and they say tons of material hit the earth each day. Also no 24/7 HD camera of the earth from this vantage point with cloud formations going on second by second. I wonder why?
The only time there's a video feed from a satellite is during launch, and it's fom the lv. It's absolutely unlikely to see other satellites from it as they are far apart, the camera would need to be in the spot of the reflection from the satellite and it wouldn't be set to the correct exposure anyway. Micrometeoroids and debris strike regularly satellites but it's unlikely it would cause damages to vital systems (although, there's one Meteor satellite that got out of service due to an impact) as they are protected and the probability of hitting those parts is extremely low. Looking at the clouds moving from GEO in real time would be like looking at a snail moving from kilometers away. And I'm not even talking about technical considerations a video feed would need, taking photographs is the best way to go for optical observations.
The reason there are three burns is because they have to get the spacecraft up to the geostational transfer orbit. Weather satellites and probes are placed very high up above the Earth's atmosphere in geostational transfer orbits so they can track the storms as they cross the Equator. The first weather satellite placed at this altitude was GOES 16's ancestor TIROS who was the first weather satellite.
Fascinating display of the complex maneuvers GOES-R
Great to have that amount of detail, thank you!
Awesome animation, thank you.
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Wow thank you so much , very nice animation very explict, thank you again !!!
How long does it take for the GOES satellite to make one revolution around Earth? Also amount of time to do entire surface of our home planet please... Is there a link on the most recent imagery that the public can view the 🌏! Thank you in advance
This was a great animation. But in all the photos any of these satellites have taken I've never seen a transit of any of the so called 3,300 other satellites that. are up there as well. I question why that is? Also no satellite that I know of has ever been taken out of commission because of a meteor shower and they say tons of material hit the earth each day. Also no 24/7 HD camera of the earth from this vantage point with cloud formations going on second by second. I wonder why?
The only time there's a video feed from a satellite is during launch, and it's fom the lv. It's absolutely unlikely to see other satellites from it as they are far apart, the camera would need to be in the spot of the reflection from the satellite and it wouldn't be set to the correct exposure anyway.
Micrometeoroids and debris strike regularly satellites but it's unlikely it would cause damages to vital systems (although, there's one Meteor satellite that got out of service due to an impact) as they are protected and the probability of hitting those parts is extremely low.
Looking at the clouds moving from GEO in real time would be like looking at a snail moving from kilometers away. And I'm not even talking about technical considerations a video feed would need, taking photographs is the best way to go for optical observations.
our tax money well used....I feel so in the stone age caveman like!