Characteristics of GOES-8 and -9

Satellite Specs

Sub-satellite Locations
  • GOES-8: 75 W longitude
  • GOES-9: 135 W longitude

    GOES-8 Scanning Stragegy: Detailed Schedule

  • Full Earth-Disk: 8 times per day
  • Continental United States (60N to 10N): 40 times per day
  • Canada to Brazil (67N to 20S): 40 times per day
  • South America/Pacific 20S to 50 S: 36 times per day

    GOES-9 Scanning Stragegy: (This is my best guess at the schedule)

  • Full Earth-Disk: 8 times per day
  • Continental United States (60N to 10N): 24 times per day
  • North Pacific & North America (67N to 20S): 24 times per day
  • South Pacific 20S to 50 S: 24 times per day

    Imager Specs

    Records data in 5 spectral bands
    1. Visible: (0.55-0.75 um)
    2. Near-IR: (3.80-4.00 um)
    3. Water Vapor: (6.50-7.00 um)
    4. Thermal-IR: (10.2-11.2 um)
    5. Thermal-IR: (11.5-12.5 um)

    Spatial Resolution

  • 1 km Visible Band
  • 4 km Thermal Bands

    Spectral Resolution

  • All channels 10-bit data
  • Band 4 and 5 sensitivity: 0.35 K at 300 K
    This page maintained by Dave Schneider (djschnei@mtu.edu)