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Alexandra Bruce
August 29, 2013
This animation shows one image from each day of the satellite’s life — a total of 3,641 full disk visible images.
From April 2003 — May 2010, GOES-12 (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system) provided an “eye in the sky”, monitoring for such memorable events as the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and the series of blizzards during the winter of 2009-2010.
After suffering thruster control issues, GOES-12 was taken out of normal service and moved to provide greater coverage of the Southern Hemisphere as the first-ever GOES South. During that time it provided enhanced severe weather monitoring for South America.
NOAA’s GOES-12 satellite was decommissioned on August 16th, 2013 after 3,788 days in service.
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