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Watch GOES-U Science Briefing, Prelaunch News Conference

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) stands vertical at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch activities for the NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission.

NASA and NOAA officials will provide a mission overview during a science briefing at 11 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 24. Coverage of the briefing will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television media channel, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media.

Participants include:

  • Charles Webb, deputy director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA
  • Ken Graham, director, NOAA’s National Weather Service
  • Dan Lindsey, chief scientist, GOES-R Program, NOAA
  • Elsayed Talaat, director, NOAA’s Office of Space Weather Observations
  • Chris Wood, NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot

NASA also will host a prelaunch news conference at 5 p.m. following the briefing. Coverage of the news conference will stream live on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.

Participants include:

  • Denton Gibson, launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA
  • Steve Volz, assistant administrator, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service
  • Pam Sullivan, director, GOES-R Program, NOAA
  • John Gagosian, director, Joint Agency Satellite Division
  • Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
  • Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force

GOES-U, the fourth and final weather-observing and environmental monitoring satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m., Tuesday, June 25.

Continue checking NASA’s GOES blog for additional mission milestones, or join the conversation and get updates on social media by following these accounts:

X: @NASA, @NASA_LSP, @NASAKennedy, @NOAASatellites, @NASAGoddard
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