Experts to preview March launch of GOES-S satellite

GOES-S is scheduled to launch March 1 at 5:02 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Once in orbit and declared operational it will be placed in what’s known as the GOES-West position and renamed GOES-17.
Like GOES-16, launched in November 2016 and operating in the GOES-East position, GOES-S will scan the Earth five times faster at four times the image resolution with triple the number of channels for more accurate, reliable forecasts and severe weather outlooks.
WHAT:
Media teleconference on NOAA’s next-generation GOES-S weather satellite.
WHEN:
Thu., Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. EST
HOW:
U.S. and Canadian media may call 1-888-942-9266 toll-free. Other international media may call 1-773-756-4623 (toll call). Please use the passcode "GOES."
WHO:
- Ajay Mehta, acting deputy assistant administrator for systems, NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
- Tim Walsh, acting director, NOAA’s GOES-R program
- Joe Pica, director, National Weather Service Office of Observations
- Sandra Smalley, director, NASA's Joint Agency Satellite Division
- Jana Luis, division chief of predictive services, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE).
Media Contact:
John Leslie, 301-713-0214