geostationary-operational-environmental-satellite-3 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 3 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. spacecraft 1984-02-26T00:00:00 1989-01-01T00:00:00 520 GOES-3 GOES_3