NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The two-hour launch window opens at 7.16 a.m. June 26 (AEST), when the satellite will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
The GOES-U satellite, the final addition to GOES-R series, will help to prepare for Earth and space weather. The GOES satellites serve a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
This continuous monitoring aids scientists and forecasters in issuing timely warnings and forecasts to help protect the one billion people who live and work in the Americas. Additionally, GOES-U carries a new compact coronagraph that will image the outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere to detect and characterize coronal mass ejections.
The prelaunch and launch vision will stream on NASA+, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
