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GOES-1, the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, captured this infrared imagery from a fixed point over the equator at 115°W longitude starting December 18, 1975. The data was originally printed on 70mm film from digital tapes and later scanned into multi-picture TIFF files, each containing a title block and a 33-level grayscale for temperature calibration. Images have a maximum native resolution of 3.7 km per pixel and could be contrast-enhanced, sectorized, or reduced to 1/16 size.
Data is distributed under an 'other-license-specified' license; users should verify terms. Files are packaged in ZIP archives containing several hundred TIFF scans, each with 2-3 pictures.