Tag: GOES R
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Video: Atlas 5/GOES-R pre-launch news conference
Preview the deployment of the advanced GOES-R weather satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in the pre-launch news conference held at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Nov. 17. Briefing participants are: * Stephen Volz, assistant administrator for satellite and information services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Greg Mandt, GOES-R…
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Milestone-setting 100th EELV rocket moves to launch pad
The Atlas 5 rocket with GOES-R was rolled out this morning. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — The 100th rocket in America’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, the current fleet of boosters used by the nation to get its critical assets into space, was rolled to the pad this morning for a vital mission…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for crucial GOES-R satellite launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — In the span of two weeks, United Launch Alliance technicians performed the basic buildup of the Atlas 5 rocket and then mated the advanced GOES-R weather satellite that will be hauled into space on Saturday. On Monday, Oct. 24, the Common Core Booster first stage was brought from the Atlas Spaceflight Operations…
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Forecasters worldwide brace for ‘data deluge’ from new weather satellites
Typhoon Megi churns near Taiwan in this Sept. 26 image from the Advanced Himawari Imager aboard Japan’s Himawari 9 weather satellite. Credit: JMA High-tech cameras made in Indiana will soon be scanning across Asia, Australia, the Americas and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to give weather forecasters an unrivaled minute-by-minute glimpse of the development and…
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Preview: Weather satellite to touch the lives of every American ready to launch
Mission’s launch poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A new generation of spacecraft with unprecedented clarity and speed to observe the weather, improve forecasting and enhance tracking of severe storms across the United States begins with the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket on Saturday. The 197-foot-tall United Launch Alliance rocket will propel…
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Weather forecast favorable for launch of new weather observatory atop Atlas 5
File photo of Atlas 5. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Near-perfect weather for launching a rocket into space is expected at Cape Canaveral on Saturday when an Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to fly. The United Launch Alliance booster will carry the GOES-R weather satellite into orbit for NASA and NOAA, advancing the…
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Advanced weather bird mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch into space
File photo of satellite in Atlas 5 rocket payload in 5-meter fairing being hoisted. Credit NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — The opening volley in the transformation of U.S. weather forecasting was mounted atop its ride to space today for the planned Nov. 19 launch that begins an $11 billion upgrade in the nation’s meteorology capability. The…
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Photos: New U.S. weather observatory buttoned up for launch
United Launch Alliance encapsulated the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R, GOES-R, on Oct. 21 at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Florida near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. GOES-R will be the first satellite in a series of next-generation NOAA GOES satellites. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch aboard a ULA Atlas 5 rocket on Nov.…
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GOES-R weather satellite’s ride to space being stacked at Cape Canaveral
File photo of Atlas 5 first stage being stacked. Credit: NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Technicians began the painstaking work of assembling a powerful Atlas 5 rocket today, a launcher that will deploy an advanced satellite to substantially improve U.S. weather forecasting. The United Launch Alliance vehicle is targeted for liftoff no sooner than Nov. 16…
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Cape gets back into rocket business after Hurricane Matthew
The Atlas 5 first stage was transported to the Cape aboard a giant Antonov aircraft. Credit: 45th Space Wing CAPE CANAVERAL — Taking delivery of the Atlas 5 rocket that will boost an advanced weather observatory into space next month, United Launch Alliance and the Air Force are back at work following disruptions from Hurricane…