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    lexicon: ceos
    term: GOES-15
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  - context: resource
    lexicon: dbpedia
    term: GOES_15
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  - context: Platform
    lexicon: podaac
    term: GOES-15
    url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/datasetlist?ids=Platform&values=GOES-15
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contributors:
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    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
      identifier: national-oceanic-atmospheric-administration
      name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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description: 'For a number of years the designation GOES-Next (N) was used to identify the first of the satellites that would follow the GOES I-M series. It was also thought this GOES-N would be the start of a totally new generation satellite series. However, during the time frame of about 1992-95, NOAA and NASA have come to realize that a new generation satellite series would take at least a decade to define, develop, manufacture, and to launch. This new situation made both parties (NOAA, NASA) realize it would need a few more clones of the current GOES I-M series to maintain continuity of GOES service prior to the GOES Next being available.'
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instruments:
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    description_attribution: Data collection system
    identifier: argos-4
    name: ARGOS-4
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  - description: ~
    description_attribution: ~
    identifier: communications-package-on-goes
    name: Communications package on GOES
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  - description: Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
    description_attribution: Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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    name: Imager
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  - description: ~
    description_attribution: ~
    identifier: low-rate-information-transmission
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    name: Space Environment Monitor
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  - description: Communications system
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  - description: Narrow-band channel IR radiometer
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    name: Sounder
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  - description: Space environment monitor
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name: 'Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 15'
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references: []
start_date: 2010-03-04T00:00:00
type: platform
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url: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/index.html