GOES 13

EWS-G1
GOES-N during processing
NamesGOES-N
GOES-13 (before September 8, 2020)
Mission typeWeather satellite
OperatorNOAA/NASA and USSF
COSPAR ID2006-018A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.29155
Websitegoes.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mission duration10 years (planned)
18 years, 6 months and 3 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeGOES-N series
BusBSS-601
ManufacturerBoeing
Launch mass3133 kg
Power2300 watts
Start of mission
Launch date24 May 2006, 22:11:00 UTC
RocketDelta IV-M+(4,2)
Launch siteCape Canaveral, SLC-37B
ContractorBoeing
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned[1]
DeactivatedNET February 2024
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude61.5° East
SlotIndian Ocean

EWS-G1 (Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary)[2] is a weather satellite of the U.S. Space Force, formerly GOES-13 (also known as GOES-N before becoming operational) and part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. On 14 April 2010, GOES-13 became the operational weather satellite for GOES-East.[3] It was replaced by GOES-16 on 18 December 2017[4] and on 8 January 2018 its instruments were shut off and it began its three-week drift to an on-orbit storage location at 60.0° West longitude, arriving on 31 January 2018. It remained there as a backup satellite in case one of the operational GOES satellites had a problem until early July 2019, when it started to drift westward and was being transferred to the U.S. Air Force, and then the U.S. Space Force.[5][6][7]

GOES-13 arrived at 61.5° East longitude in mid-February 2020.[8] The satellite was renamed EWS-G1 and became fully operational over the Indian Ocean basin on September 8, 2020. EWS-G2 (GOES-15) was drafted to replace it in September 2023.[9]

EWS-G1 was removed from operational service on October 31, 2023.[1]

  1. ^ a b Schmit, Tim (9 November 2023). "GOES-N to GOES-13, EWS-G1 and the Graveyard (Orbit)". cimss.ssec.wisc.edu. Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LAAFB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "GOES-NEWS". NASA. 9 May 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004. Retrieved 8 July 2009. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Clark, Stephen (20 December 2017). "NOAA's GOES-16 weather satellite declared operational". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Farewell to GOES-13: The History of NOAA's Former GOES East Satellite | NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)". www.nesdis.noaa.gov. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference drafted was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference sn-20190919 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Live Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions: GOES 13". N2YO.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Space Force accepts second weather satellite through NOAA partnership". United States Space Force. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.