GOES

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Weather

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite- Satellites orbiting at 22,370 miles above the Earth's surface with the same rotational velocity as the Earth; therefore, the satellite remains over the same location on the Earth 24 hours a day. Besides sending back satellite pictures to earth, it also relays the DCPs river and rainfall data back to the ground

NOAA National Weather Service — National Weather Service Glossary

Technology

Defense

Geo-stationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

DoD Missile Defense Agency — MDA Glossary