What does GOES stand for?

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

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General Organization for Export and Import Control (Egypt) Guide for Occupational Exploration Interest Inventory (self assessment) Government Office for the East Midlands (UK) Groep Operationele Eenheden Mariniers (Dutch: Operational Units Marine Group; Netherlands) Guardians of Ethereal Night (gaming guild) Generic Object Exchange Profile (Bluetooth) Global Operational Environmental Review (US Air Force Special Operations Command) Governor's Office of Employee Relations (New York) GPS (Global Positioning System) Outage En Route Simulation (US FAA) Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team (Canada)		Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite Geosynchronous Orbiting Environmental Satellite Global Omnibus Environmental Survey Global Online Enrollment System (US Customs & Border Protection) GN&C Orbital Environment Simulation Grain Oriented Electrical Steel (large power transformers) Next-Generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Simulator Gods of the East Subbing Squad (Tong Vfang Xien Qi fan club; Korean boy band) Government of East Timor

Samples in periodicals archive:

equipped with a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite aboard, This type of satellite is used to help forecasters predict weather and climate change.

Airmen hone diverse skills

The A2100 design has been adapted for geostationary earth orbit (GEO)-based earth observing missions and is the baselined platform for Lockheed Martin's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Series-R (GOES-R) program.

United States : Lockheed Martin-Built JCSAT-12 Satellite Successfully ...

An unmanned rocket carrying the nation's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite blasted off early Saturday evening, a day late because of thunderstorms.

Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite will monitor hurricanes, severe thunderstorms and other severe weather.

EPA SUSPECTS POLLUTION-LAW VIOLATIONS

These satellites constitute the third generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), which provide visual and infrared snapshots of North America's weather every half-hour -- enabling the instrument to monitor huge weather patterns that cannot be tracked by radar, polar-orbiting satellites or airplanes.

For forecasters, it's no GOES for a while

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), equipped with an Imager and Sounder, has become the backbone of the U.

Sensing the Storm and Helping to Control Floods: ITT Industries' ...

United States: Lockheed Martin-Built JCSAT-12 Satellite Successfully ...

An unmanned rocket carrying the nation's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite blasted off early Saturday evening, a day late because of thunderstorms.

Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit