2.3.1 spase://SMWG/Observatory/GOLD GOLD SES-14 43175 2020-09-14T16:47:17Z Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, is a NASA mission launched at 5:20 p.m. EST, Thursday, Jan. 25. GOLD is intended to perform a two-year mission imaging Earth's thermosphere and ionosphere from geostationary orbit. GOLD is a two-channel far-ultraviolet (FUV) imaging spectrograph built by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and flown as a hosted payload on the commercial communications satellite SES-14. SES-14 is a hybrid satellite with C- and Ku-band wide beam coverage, as well as Ku- and Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) coverage across the Americas and the North Atlantic region. The satellite will fully rely on electric propulsion and will be equipped with an electric plasma propulsion system for orbit raising and in-orbit manoeuvres. The electric propulsion system delivers significant reduction in the weight of the satellite, enabling larger payloads to be carried. The new spacecraft will also feature a Digital Transparent Processor (DTP), increasing the payload flexibility to provide customized bandwidth solutions to SES's customers. spase://SMWG/Person/Richard.Eastes PrincipalInvestigator NASA Integrates Ultraviolet Space Spectrograph with SES 14 https://www.satellitetoday.com/innovation/2017/05/25/nasa-integrates-ultraviolet-space-spectrograph-ses-14/ A brief description of the SES-14 spacecraft. Additional information on SES-14 https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ses-14.htm More details on the SES-14 spacecraft. spase://SMWG/Observatory/SES-14 Earth.Magnetosphere 2018-01-25T00:00:00Z