Sun ID: 20275

GOLD on SES-14 Animation

Animations by Chris Meaney Released on January 24, 2018

The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission is part of the NASA Explorers Program. GOLD is at the forefront of exploring and understanding near-Earth space, which is home to astronauts, radio signals used to guide airplanes and ships, and satellites that provide our communications and GPS systems. The more we understand about this region, the more we can protect our assets in space.

GOLD is the first NASA mission to fly as a hosted payload on a commercial communications satellite. GOLD is onboard on the SES-14 satellite.

Launch date: January 25, 2018

Launch location: Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana

Launch vehicle: Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket

Mission target: Earth’s ionosphere and thermosphere

Mission duration: 2-year nominal mission at geostationary orbit; extended mission possible

Animation Credits

Chris Meaney (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Lead Animator
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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Mission:
Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD)

Keywords:
GCMD >> Location >> Ionosphere
SVS >> Space Weather
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Dynamics
SVS >> Gold

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0