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GOES-8

Launched in:	1994
Out of service since:	2004
Orbit height:	35800 km
Orbit type:	Geostationary
Organisation:	NOAA
GOES-8 was decommissioned on 5 May 2004

GOES-8 websites

Information

NOAA Home page
GOES Imager Instrument
GOES Sounder Instrument
NOAA - GOES

Data ordering

Geostationary Satellites Server
NASA EarthData - Search

On Board Sensors

Imager (1) (Imager on GOES 8-11)

Sounder (Sounder on GOES)

Information

CIMSS - GOES Technical info
GOES Sounder Instrument

Data ordering

NOAA NCEI

Sensor Bands

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band 13 (MWIR)	4.55 to 4.59		8000
Band 14 (MWIR)	4.5 to 4.55		8000
Band 15 (MWIR)	4.43 to 4.48		8000
Band 16 (MWIR)	4.1 to 4.17		8000
Band 17 (MWIR)	3.95 to 4.01		8000
Band 18 (MWIR)	3.68 to 3.82		8000
Band 19 (VIS)	0.67 to 0.72		8000
Band 1 (TIR)	14.57 to 14.85		8000
Band 2 (TIR)	14.23 to 14.5		8000
Band 3 (TIR)	13.94 to 14.19		8000
Band 4 (TIR)	13.5 to 13.79		8000
Band 5 (TIR)	13.23 to 13.51		8000
Band 6 (TIR)	12.42 to 12.9		8000
Band 7 (TIR)	11.67 to 12.39		8000
Band 8 (TIR)	10.73 to 11.34		8000
Band 9 (TIR)	9.59 to 9.83		8000
Band 10 (TIR)	7.29 to 7.59		8000
Band 11 (TIR)	6.83 to 7.22		8000
Band 12 (TIR)	6.39 to 6.64		8000

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