Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
GOES 4 known as GOES-D before becoming operational was a geostationary weather satellite which was operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. Launched in 1980 it was used for weather forecasting in the United States and later in Europe. Following its retirement it became the first satellite to be sent into a graveyard orbit.
