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    lexicon: ceos
    term: GOES-8
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  - context: resource
    lexicon: dbpedia
    term: GOES_8
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  - context: Source
    lexicon: ornl
    term: GOES-8
    url: ~
  - context: Source
    lexicon: ornl
    term: GOES-8 (GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE-8)
    url: ~
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contributors:
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      display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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      name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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      type: organization
      url: http://www.noaa.gov/
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    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
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description: 'GOES is a joint NOAA/NASA weather satellite series. NOAA is responsible for providing funding, requirements, and operation of the system in orbit. NASA, under contract from NOAA, is responsible for spacecraft procurement, design, and development of the spacecraft and its instruments, and the launch of each satellite. NOAA owns and operates the satellites and provides the services to the user community.'
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instruments:
  - description: Data collection system
    description_attribution: Data collection system
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    name: Data Collection System (NOAA)
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  - description: ~
    description_attribution: ~
    identifier: communications-package-on-goes
    name: Communications package on GOES
    uri: /instrument/communications-package-on-goes
  - description: Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
    description_attribution: Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
    identifier: imager
    name: Imager
    uri: /instrument/imager
  - description: Space environment monitor
    description_attribution: Space environment monitor
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    name: Space Environment Monitor
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  - description: Communications system
    description_attribution: Communications system
    identifier: search-and-rescue-2
    name: Search and Rescue
    uri: /instrument/search-and-rescue-2
  - description: Narrow-band channel IR radiometer
    description_attribution: Narrow-band channel IR radiometer
    identifier: sounder
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  - description: ~
    description_attribution: ~
    identifier: weather-facsimile
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name: 'Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 8'
parents: []
platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
references: []
start_date: 1994-04-13T00:00:00
type: platform
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url: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/