Tune in to NASA TV, the NASA app, or the agency’s website, starting now for launch day commentary, interviews, and everything you need to know about the launch of today’s GOES-T mission.
You can also stay right here for blog updates throughout today’s launch day milestones. Liftoff, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket, is set for 4:38 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 41.
The GOES-S satellite completed deployment of the Stage 1 solar array that will generate electricity for the spacecraft during its mission. GOES-S is in a geosynchronous transfer orbit above the Earth, its systems are in good health and it is operating on its own.
We have spacecraft separation. Cheers and applause can be heard from the launch teams as the GOES-S spacecraft separates from the United Launch Alliance Centaur upper stage to fly freely for the first time. Next up is solar array deployment. GOES-S currently is in a geosynchronous transfer orbit above the Earth.