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GOES-L
subject			fact

GOES-L	has image
	has launch vehicle Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocket
	has launch date 3 May 2000
	has creator NASA
	is an instance of GEOS satellite
GEOS satellite	is an acronym for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
geosynchronous satellite	has constant longitude
	is a part of Earth
	has orbital inclination approximately zero degrees
	has orbital period 24 hours (one day)
	orbits Earth
	has location above the same position on the Earth
artificial satellite	has attitude control
	has ground communication station
	can have orbit decay date
	has launch location
instrument	has operator
satellite	has approximately elliptical orbit
physical object	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material
artifact	has creation date
	has purpose
	has owner

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