Ernie J. Shannon                                  June 1, 1995
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Md 20771
(Phone: 301/286-8955)

GOES-J UPDATE #4
Thursday, June 1, 1995
3 p.m. EDT
     
     The last scheduled burn of the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES-J) apogee motor occurred yesterday.
The burn was officially termed an apogee 
adjust maneuver and was designed to complete the satelliteÕs
insertion into a geosynchronous orbit.  With the completion of this
adjustment, GOES-J will now be referred to as GOES-9.

     According to GOES-J Project Manager Marty Davis, the next big
events will occur tonight with the magnetometer boom deployment and
the solar array deployment.

     Information will be updated on the Goddard Audio News Service,
(301)286-NEWS, as it becomes available. GOES-J was built for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under technical
guidance and project management by the Goddard Space Flight Center.