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Original Fact: The US Space Force (USSF) has announced the Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of the Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary (EWS-G1) spacecraft. The EWS-G1 is the first geostationary weather satellite owned by the US Department of Defense (DoD) https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/us-space-force-declares-ioc-of-infrared-weather-satellite-ews-g1/

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Going Upstream Found using Google Scholar: https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/sites/default/files/EESM_0073_REPORT_NOAA-DOEworkshop_210714.pdf Page 24, Lines 4 through 10. “NOAA-DOE Precipitation Process and Predictability Workshop Report” Published July 2021 by US Department of Energy and NOAA This seems to be the most upstream, reliable information I can find on it. I am finding information on EWS-G1 to be sparse but not non-existent.

Reading Laterally https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/sites/default/files/EESM_0073_REPORT_NOAA-DOEworkshop_210714.pdf Balmaseda M, A Barros, S Hagos, B Kirtman, H-Y Ma, Y Ming, A Pendergrass, V Tallapragada, E Thompson. 2020. “NOAA-DOE Precipitation Processes and Predictability Workshop.” U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA; DOE/SC-0203; NOAA Technical Report OAR CPO-9

After viewing the source, I attempted to find a publisher or journal that I could then judge based on their impact factor; however, I was unable to find one. It was created and posted by the U.S. Department of Energy, which is a highly acclaimed government agency, as well as the NOAA. This workshop report had significant contributions from many departments within these organizations. They are professional and government level agencies that provide accurate information and are referenced to often. Although this specific fact is not referenced or talked about much, I believe that does not make it untrue. The sources are fairly official and uncontested, so I believe it to be trustworthy. As this report was made through contributions from the very agencies that created, helped launch, and operated the satellite (NOAA), the information being put forth is accumulated through their own work and reports from within the organization.

Checking for Consensus I went to google and searched for “what happened to the GOES-13 satellite” and found many results talking about how in 2018 the satellite was deactivated and moved to a storage location in orbit. Most of the articles briefly say it was deactivated, without any further information. Most of these articles also appear to be from around 2018.

I did find one article which was posted in 2020 from a somewhat shady looking source that talks about the satellite being reactivated and moved to serve the U.S. Space Force. It also states that its name was changed to EWS-G1. https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/weather/2020/10/11/goes-13-satellite-finds-a-second-life Although this source may not be scholarly, it does not contest the potential fact. Rather, it supports it and helps fortify its legitimacy in my mind, as I was not searching for anything that hinted to Space Force or the name EWS-G1.

Conclusion I think that my fact is legitimate. The sources are reliable and reputable and they are created and published works by national government agencies. I was unable to find any contradicting statements and found myself coming across only sources supporting it during an unbiased search. I believe that this fact helps readers to visualize the extent of use weather satellites can go, are going, and have gone through.

Fact Rewrite The satellite GOES-13 that was previously owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) was transferred to the U.S. Space Force in 2019 and renamed the EWS-G1; becoming the first geostationary weather satellite to be owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Defense. JourneysInfinity (talk) 20:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)