Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
GOES 13 known as GOES-N before becoming operational is an American weather satellite which forms part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. On April 14 2010 GOES-13 became the operational weather satellite for GOES-EAST. After briefly going offline following a micrometeroid collision on 22 May 2013 GOES 13 is back online and fully functional as of 10 Jun 2013.