Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
GOES 6 known as GOES-F 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 1983 it was used for weather forecasting in the United States.GOES 6 was built by Hughes Space and Communications and was based around the HS-371 satellite bus.
