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GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites)

    T-4 Minutes and Counting

    The ULA Atlas V rocket with NOAA's GOES-S satellite is ready for liftoff.

    The GOES-S countdown is underway toward a liftoff at 5:02 p.m. EST. During the last four minutes of the countdown, the Atlas and Centaur propellant tanks will be brought up to flight pressure, the rocket and spacecraft will be confirmed on internal power, and the Eastern Range and launch managers will perform final status checks. …

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    T-4 Minutes and Holding

    The launch countdown has entered a T-4 minute hold. This hold will last 15 minutes. Weather remains at 90 percent chance for favorable weather at liftoff. The constraint for cumulus clouds has been removed.

    NOAA’s GOES-S Ready to Launch Aboard an Atlas V Rocket

    A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready for liftoff at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

    Good afternoon from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready for liftoff at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Atlas V will carry NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S). Launch is targeted for 5:02 p.m. EST, at the beginning of a two-hour launch …

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    The GOES-S Mission

    The GOES-S mission logo.

    NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) is the second in the GOES-R Series of weather satellites that includes GOES-R (now named GOES-16), -S, -T and -U. The GOES-S satellite will be renamed GOES-17 when it reaches geostationary orbit. Once the satellite is declared operational, late this year, it will occupy NOAA's GOES-West position and provide …

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    Workhorse Rocket to Carry GOES-S to Orbit

    The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NOAA's GOES-S satellite waits for liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

    The rocket standing on the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 is an Atlas V 541 configuration, one of the most powerful rockets in the Atlas V fleet. The 541 designation means this rocket has a payload fairing, or nose cone, that is approximately five meters wide, four solid-rocket boosters fastened alongside the central common …

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    NOAA’s GOES-S Satellite Ready for Launch atop Atlas V Rocket

    The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NOAA's GOES-S satellite waits for liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

    Today is launch day for NOAA's newest weather satellite, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S). A two-hour launch window will open at 5:02 p.m. EST today. GOES-S will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Stay tuned — launch coverage …

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    Atlas V Rolled to Pad 41 with NOAA’s GOES-S

    The Atlas V rocket rolls to Pad 41 with NOAA's GOES-S. Launch is slated for March 1 at 5:02 p.m. EST.

    The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is rolled from the Vertical Integration Facility to the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch vehicle will send NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-S) into orbit. The GOES series is designed to significantly improve the detection and observation …

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    GOES-S NASA EDGE Rollout Webcast, NASA Social Briefing Today

    GOES-R Spacecraft With Earth Reflection

    Watch the live webcast with NASA Edge during the GOES-S launch vehicle rollout at SLC-41. The live show begins at 10 a.m. and can be viewed on NASA TV and social media at: NASA TV: www.nasa.gov/live NASA EDGE Facebook: www.facebook.com/nasaedgefan NASA EDGE YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/NASAedge NASA EDGE Ustream: www.ustream.tv/nasaedge Guests on the show: Sandra Smalley, director, …

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