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I like their choice in name: GOES-R. Ghostbusters reference: http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/7/7f/Gozer.jpg/revision/latest?cb=2014052914

• freshyill 10y ago
  I don't think it's intentional.
• rrmm 10y ago
  I believe once they are commissioned they are given a number (eg current ones are GOES-13, GOES-14, GOES-15). They are also given a designation as GOES-EAST or GOES-WEST depending on where they are being used. So GOES-13 was GOES-EAST until it had an anomaly and GOES-14 was moved out of a storage orbit and designated GOES-EAST. It returned to storage once they fixed the issue with GOES-13. The R is just a sequence number for launching; S and T are slated next. If there is a failure before commissioning, it won't receive a numerical designation. So the GOES-R name was just a happy accident I guess.
  • TeMPOraL 10y ago
    Wait, if GOES-* is placed in a synchronous orbit, shouldn't the name be GOES-NOWHERE?
• dingaling 10y ago
  Which in turn was the word allegedly scrawled over the walls in the Enfield haunting which inspired the film 'Poltergeist'.