GOES-T Launch Success
1 March 2022 - NOAA’s GOES-T, the third in a series of four advanced geostationary
weather satellites, blasted into orbit aboard a United Launch
Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket at 4:38 p.m. EST on March 1 from
NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
GOES-T will become operational as GOES West and track
destructive wildfires, lightning, Pacific Ocean-based storms,
dense fog, and other hazards that threaten the U.S. West Coast,
Hawaii and Alaska. It will also monitor solar activity and
space weather to provide early warnings of disruptions to
power grids, communications and navigation systems.
STAR teammates contributed to this launch's success and will
be involved in the post-launch testing, ongoing cal/val work and operational
implementation of the satellite and its data.
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