Experts from NOAA, NASA, Lockheed Martin and L3Harris will hold a virtual media briefing to preview the upcoming launch and historic mission of GOES-U, the last in the series of NOAA’s four advanced geostationary weather satellites.
Like the previous satellites, GOES-U will provide fast, accurate data for tracking severe storms, including tropical systems, destructive wildfires and the smoke they emit, floods, lightning, snow storms, dense fog and other hazards that threaten the contiguous U.S.
GOES-U also is historic because it will carry the first operational compact coronagraph (CCOR-1), which will work in tandem with the other onboard solar and space environment technology that detects space weather for early warnings of disruptions to power grids, communications and navigation systems.
GOES-U is scheduled to lift off June 25 at 5:16 p.m. EDT aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Once in orbit, GOES-U will be renamed GOES-19. After checkout of its instruments, systems and data, GOES-U will replace GOES-16 in the GOES-East position, monitoring much of the Western Hemisphere.
WHAT
Virtual media briefing about the upcoming launch of NOAA’s GOES-U weather satellite.
WHEN
Wednesday, May 29 at 11 a.m. EDT
HOW
Use this link https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/noaasatellites offsite link to access the press briefing.
(For the best experience, download the Adobe Connect app offsite link.)
WHO
- Irene Parker, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Systems at NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service
- Pam Sullivan, Director, NOAA’s Office of Geostationary Earth Orbit Observations
- Dan Lindsey, Program Scientist, NOAA’s GOES-R Program
- Jordan Gerth, Meteorolgost, NOAA National Weather Service’s Office of Observations
- Elsayed Talaat, NOAA’s Office of Space Weather Observations
- John Gagosian, Director, NASA’s Joint Agency Satellite Division
- Jagdeep Shergill, GOES-U Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
- Chris Reith, Advanced Baseline Imager Program Manager, L3Harris Technologies
- John Deily, GOES-R Flight Project Manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Rex Engelhardt, GOES-U Mission Manager, NASA’s Launch Services Program
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Media contact
John Leslie, john.leslie@noaa.gov
