NASA and ULA successfully launched a next-generation NOAA weathersatellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Tuesday, March 1.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new weather satellite successfully launched from NASA’s Cape Canaveral facility in Florida at 4:38 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 1.
An Atlas V rocket, operated by United Launch Alliance, carried the 6,000-pound satellite to orbit, with the lift-off and early stages of the mission livestreamed on NASA’s YouTube channel. Information along the bottom of the display indicates the mission’s key moments, including Max Q when the rocket’s atmospheric flight reaches maximum dynamic pressure, the SRB jettison, and the payload fairing jettison.
GOES-T is the third satellite in NOAA’s next-generation GOES-R series and will be renamed GOES-18 once it reaches orbit. GOES-16 and GOES-17 deployed in 2016 and 2018, respectively. GOES-18 will cover a vast area that includes the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean.
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