Goddard Projects Directory

The search for G produced 19 results out of 249 records GALEX Launch Date: 04/28/2003 The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) is the first orbiting space ultraviolet telescope mission that will explore the origin and evolution of galaxies, and the origins of stars and heavy elements. Its primary objective is to investigate how star formation in galaxies evolved from the early Universe up to the present. This mission will investigate the causes of the dramatic evolution seen in previous studies and will probe the Universe 80 percent of the way back to the Big Bang. These observations will allow scientists to tell how galaxies evolve and change. Additionally, it will probe the causes of star formation, when the stars that we see today and the chemical elements that make up our Milky Way galaxy were formed. GALEX is a Small Explorer class mission that is part of NASA's Structure and Evolution of the Universe theme. Other Name(s):  Galaxy Evolution Explorer, SMEX/GALEX, Small Explorer/GALEX, SMEX 7 |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |  Educational Resource  |   GAS Launch Date: 06/27/1982 Get Away Special (GAS) is the popular name for the Self-Contained Payload Program. At a comparatively modest cost, the program gives individuals and organizations, both private and public, of all countries and opportunity to send scientific research and development experiments into space aboard a NASA space shuttle. Other Name(s):  Get Away Special |  Additional URL 1  |   GEOS/ESA Launch Date: 04/20/1977 The GEOS-ESA scientific satellite was the first satellite dedicated to scientific measurements to the Earth’s Magnetosphere. The mission was able to serve as a core or reference satellite for the International Magnetospheric Study (IMS), and carried planned correlative measurements with extensive ground-based networks in Scandinavia and conjugate point measurements between a station in Iceland and in Antarctica. Other Name(s):  ESA-GEOS 1, GEOS 1 |  NSSDC Link  |   GEOTAIL Launch Date: 07/24/1992 The Geomagnetic Tail Lab (GEOTAIL) mission constitutes a cooperative scientific satellite project designated by the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program that aims at gaining improved understanding of the physics of solar terrestrial relations. GEOTAIL’s primary objective is to study the dynamics of the Earth's magnetotail over a wide range of distance, extending from the near-Earth region to the distant tail. The mission measures global energy flow and transformation in the magnetotail to increase understanding of fundamental magnetospheric processes. This includes the physics of the magnetopause, the plasma sheet, and reconnection and neutral line formation, i.e., the mechanisms of input, transport, storage, release and conversion of energy in the magnetotail. The GEOTAIL mission is a collaborative project undertaken by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Other Name(s):  Geomagnetic Tail Lab, GGS/Geotail, GTL, ISTP/Geotail |  GSFC Link  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |   GOES 10 Launch Date: 04/25/1997 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-10 (GOES 10) is the third satellite in a series of next generation geosynchronous spacecraft, referred to as GOES-NEXT; a joint effort on part of NASA and NOAA. The GOES system is a basic element of U.S. weather monitoring and forecast operations and is a key component of the NWS (National Weather Service) modernization program. Spacecraft and ground-based systems work together to accomplish the GOES mission of providing weather imagery and quantitative sounding data for weather forecasting and related services. The new series of GOES satellites provides significant improvements over the previous GOES system in weather imagery and atmospheric sounding information. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 10 |  GSFC Link  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |  Image Gallery  |   GOES 8 Launch Date: 04/13/1994 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-8 (GOES 8) is the 11th in a series of NASA-developed, NOAA-operated, geosynchronous and operational spacecraft. The GOES system is a basic element of US weather monitoring and forecast operations and is a key component of the NWS (National Weather Service) modernization program. The tri-axis stabilized spacecraft carries an Imager and Sounder, a meteorological data collection system, a space environment monitor (SEM) system, a Search and Rescue (SAR) system, and a WEFAX system to disseminate weather information to the user community via FAX. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8, GOES-I, GOES-NEXT |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Image Gallery  |   GOES C Launch Date: 06/16/1978 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-C (GOES-C) was the third operational satellite in NOAA's geosynchronous weather satellite system. The satellite was designed to sense meteorological conditions from a fixed location above the Earth, and to provide this data to operational forecasters and private interests on the ground. This satellite was designed to replace GOES-1 over the Indian Ocean as part of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP). Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 3, GOES 3 |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |   GOES D Launch Date: 09/09/1980 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-D (GOES-D) was the sixth in a series of NASA-developed, NOAA-operated, geosynchronous and operational spacecraft. The satellite was designed to sense meteorological conditions from a fixed location above the Earth, and to provide this data to operational forecasters and private interests on the ground. It was the first geostationary satellite to provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 4, GOES 4 |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |   GOES E Launch Date: 05/22/1981 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-E (GOES-E) was the seventh in a series of NASA-developed, NOAA-operated, geosynchronous, and operational spacecraft. The satellite was designed to sense meteorological conditions from a fixed location above the Earth, and to provide this data to operational forecasters and private interests on the ground. It was the second (designed to work in coordination with GOES-D) geostationary satellite to provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5, GOES 5 |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Image Gallery  |   GOES F Launch Date: 04/28/1983 The Geostationary Operational Satellite-F (GOES-F) was the eighth in a series of NASA-developed, NOAA-operated, geosynchronous, and operational spacecraft. The satellite was designed to sense meteorological conditions from a fixed location above the Earth, and to provide this data to operational forecasters and private interests on the ground. It was designed to replace GOES-D and provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 6, GOES 6 |  GSFC Link  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Image Gallery  |   GOES N Launch Date: 05/24/2006 GOES-N is the latest in a series of Earth monitoring satellites. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. GOES provide a constant vigil for the atmospheric "triggers" for severe weather conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hail storms, and hurricanes. Other Name(s):  GOES 13 |  GSFC Link  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |  Image Gallery  |   GOES-G Launch Date: 05/05/1986 The Geostationary Operational Satellite-G (GOES-G) is the ninth in a series of NASA-developed, NOAA-operated, geosynchronous and operational spacecraft. The satellite was designed to sense meteorological conditions from a fixed location above the Earth, and to provide this data to operational forecasters and private interests on the ground. It was designed to replace GOES-E and provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite G |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |   GOES-H Launch Date: 02/26/1987 The Geostationary Operational Satellite-H (GOES-H) was the tenth in a series of NASA-developed, NOAA-operated, geosynchronous and operational spacecraft. Like other Hughes-built GOES was able to participate in the international search and rescue satellite program, COSPAS/SARSAT. The satellite was designed to sense meteorological conditions from a fixed location above the Earth, and to provide this data to operational forecasters and private interests on the ground. It was designed to replace GOES-E and provide continuous vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7, GOES 7, PEACESAT |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |   GOES-J Launch Date: 05/23/1995 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-J (GOES-J) is the second satellite in a series of next generation geosynchronous spacecraft, referred to as GOES-NEXT and represented by the GOES-I through GOES-M spacecraft. The GOES-NEXT series is a joint effort on the part of NASA and NOAA to provide continued operational monitoring of weather systems primarily over the United States, distribute meteorological data to regional and national weather offices within the USA, contribute to the development of an environmental data collection network, contribute to the search and rescue program, improve the capability for forecasting and provide real-time warnings of solar disturbances, and to extend knowledge and understanding of atmospheric processes to improve short and long-term weather forecasts. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 9, GOES 9, GOES-NEXT |  GSFC Link  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Image Gallery  |   GOES-L Launch Date: 05/03/2000 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-L (GOES-L) is the fourth satellite in a series of next generation geosynchronous spacecraft, referred to as GOES-NEXT and represented by the GOES-I through GOES-M spacecraft. The mission objectives are to maintain reliable operational, environmental and storm warnings systems, monitor the Earth's surface and space environmental conditions, introduce improved atmospheric and oceanic observations and data dissemination capabilities, and develop and provide new and improved applications and products for a wide range of federal agencies, state and local governments and private users. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite L, GOES 11, GOES-NEXT |  GSFC Link  |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |   GOES-M Launch Date: 07/23/2001 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-M (GOES-M) is the fifth satellite in a series of next generation geosynchronous spacecraft, referred to as GOES-NEXT and represented by the GOES-I through GOES-M spacecraft. GOES-M is the first to have a sophisticated operational instrument for detecting solar storms. The GOES-M satellite will give the space weather forecasters the tools to better detect the sun's solar storms and predict how these solar flares might impact power grids and electronic systems on Earth due to a new instrument called a solar X-ray imager. The solar X-ray imager will take a full and detailed snapshot of the sun's atmosphere each minute. The images will be used by NOAA and the U.S. Air Force to forecast the intensity and speed of solar disturbances that could destroy satellite electronics, disrupt long-distance radio communications, or surge power grids. The imager enables forecasters to better protect billions of dollars worth of commercial and government assets in space and on the ground. In addition to solar flare warnings, the GOES-M will become a workhouse satellite for NOAA. The real-time weather data gathered by NOAA's GOES satellites, combined with data from the agency's Doppler radars on the ground and automated surface observing systems, greatly aids weather forecasters in providing better warnings of thunderstorms, winter storms, flash floods, hurricanes, and other severe weather. These warnings help to save lives, preserve property, and benefit commercial interests. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite M, GOES-NEXT |  GSFC Link  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |   GOES-B Launch Date: 06/16/1977 The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-B (GOES-B) was a NASA-developed, NOAA-operated, geosynchronous, and operational spacecraft. Its mission objective was to sense meteorological conditions from a fixed location above the Earth; provide this data to operational forecasters and private interests on the ground. This satellite was designed to replace SMS-1 over the Atlantic. The GOES-B visible/infrared spin-scan radiometer provided day and night global weather pictures for NOAA. Other Name(s):  Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 2, GOES 2 |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |   GRACE Launch Date: 3/17/2002 The Gravity Recovery and Climate Explorer (GRACE) spacecraft will produce a new model of the Earth's gravity field with unprecedented accuracy every 30 days for five years. Such data will allow investigation of the Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere. The results from this mission will yield crucial information about the distribution and flow of mass within the Earth and its surroundings. The spacecraft was successfully launched from Plesetsk, Russia on a launch vehicle of the Eurockot launch services provider. Other Name(s):  Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment 1, GRACE 1, Tom |  GSFC Link  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |  Image Gallery  |  Educational Resource  |   GRO (CGRO) Launch Date: 04/05/1991 The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was the second of NASA's Great Observatories. The Compton Observatory was the heaviest astrophysical payload ever flown at the time of its launch on April 5, 1991 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Its mission will be to perform broad-band gamma-ray observations with better angular resolution, magnitude better sensitivity, and perform the first gamma-ray full-sky survey. In addition, it will study very energetic celestial phenomena, such as: solar flares, gamma-ray bursts, pulsars, nova and supernova explosions, accreting black holes of stellar mass, quasar emission, and interactions of cosmic rays with the interstellar medium. Other Name(s):  Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory |  GSFC Link  |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |  Image Gallery  |  Educational Resource  |