NASA & NOAA - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - T (GOES-T).
March 1, 2022
Atlas V carrying GOES-T liftoff
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 launch vehicle launched the GOES-T satellite to an optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 1 March 2022, at 21:38 UTC (16:38 EST).
Atlas V launches GOES-T
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - T (GOES-T) will provide NASA and NOAA with continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s Western Hemisphere, lightning detection and mapping, solar imaging and space weather monitoring.
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - T (GOES-T)
Upon reaching geostationary orbit, the satellite will be renamed GOES-18.
United Launch Alliance (ULA): https://www.ulalaunch.com/
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