In 3D
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
- Classification
- 3D model
- Held by
- NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, NASA
- Credit
- NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Licence
- Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA), as NASA states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this object
GOES satellites provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. They circle the Earth in a geosynchronous orbit, which means they orbit the equatorial plane of the Earth at a speed matching the Earth’s rotation. This allows them to hover continuously over one position on the surface. The geosynchronous plane is about […]