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GOES-R Weather Satellite

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The next generation of geostationary weather satellites, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R), goes to work for the world in a planned November 2016 launch. The cutting-edge technology in the satellite The advanced spacecraft and will result in faster and more accurate forecasts and warnings while also improving support for the detection and observations of meteorological phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property, and ultimately, economic health and development.

Cutting-Edge

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Instruments in the GOES-R suite consist of Earth sensing, solar imaging, and space environment measurement payloads. There are six primary instruments: the Advanced Baseline Imager; the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors, which includes an Extreme Ultraviolet Sensor, X-Ray Sensor, EUVS/XRS Electrical Box, and Sun Positioning Sensor; the Geostationary Lightning Mapper; the Magnetometer; the Space Environment In-Situ Suite, which includes an Energetic Heavy Ion Sensor, Magnetospheric Particle Sensor – Low Energy Range, Magnetospheric Particle Sensor – High Energy Range, Solar and Galactic Proton Sensor, and Data Processing Unit; and the Solar Ultraviolet Imager.

Connecting the Pieces

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

United Launch Alliance team members prepare GOES-R for encapsulation inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The payload fairing protects the spacecraft during the ascent through Earth’s atmosphere.

Up-Ending the Situation

Credit: NASA/Charles Babir

Team members assist as GOES-R is raised and prepared for lifting to the vertical position in the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. GOES-R will be the first satellite in a series of next-generation NOAA GOES Satellites.

Readying for Launch

Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) is set to leave from the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Floride, on November 9. The satellite is planned to launch on November 19 on the Atlas V rocket.

Down and Away

Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

From inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a crane lifts the GOES-R satellite, inside its fairing, preparing it to be mated to the Atlas V Centaur. The launch is expected to take place November 9, 2016.

Arriving at the Cape

Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

The GOES-R satellite arrives at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated to the Atlas V Centaur in preparation for the November 19 launch.

A Match Made, At Cape

Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

The GOES-R spacecraft, inside its fairing, connected to its launch vehicle at Space Launch Complex 41.

Up, Up and Away

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The Atlas V Centaur second stage, a rocket by United Launch Alliance, with the GOES-R satellite rises up to be moved into the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Cleaning and Prep

Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis

ULA team members inspect and clean the half of the fairing for GOES-R. The fairing protects the spacecraft during the ascent through Earth’s atmosphere after launch aboard the Atlas V 541 rocket in November.

Up She Goes

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

ULA’s Atlas V first stage for GOES-R is lifted to vertical at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41. This stage of the Atlas V rocket contains the fuel and oxygen tanks that feed the engine for ascent and powers the spacecraft into orbit.

Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3

Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

Team members prepare for an optics test on GOES-R’s Advanced Baseline Imager, the primary optical instrument, inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida. Carbon dioxide will be sprayed on the imager to clean it and test its sensitivity.

Photo Opp

Credit: NOAA

Florida media viewed GOES-R in a clean room at Astrotech in Titusville, Florida.

Two of a Feather

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GOES-R (left) and GOES-S in a clean room at Lockheed Martin, where they were built. This photo was taken just before GOES-R was shipped to Kennedy Space Center in Florida in August to prepare for a November 2016 launch. GOES-S will undergo environmental testing soon and is scheduled for launch in mid-2018.

Hurry Up and Wait

Credit: NOAA/NASA

GOES-R lingers in a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations after its August 22, 2016 delivery from Colorado. Over the next 60 days, the satellite will face preparations for encapsulation on top of the rocket that will take it to geostationary orbit, more than 22,000 miles above Earth!

Unveiling the Future

Credit: NOAA/NASA

Team members expose the GOES-R in a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, after being delivered on August 22, 2016 from Colorado. The satellite will now prepare for two months of steps toward encapsulation on top of the Atlas V Centaur rocket that will take it to geostationary orbit.

Shakin’ It Up

Credit: Lockheed Martin Corp.

The GOES-R weather satellite, on a shaker table at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado, in December 2015, will undergo vibration testing to simulate the stresses experienced during launch and locates structural weaknesses.

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