Author Topic: Atlas V 541 - GOES-T - Canaveral SLC-41 - 1 March 2022 (21:38 UTC) (Read 106070 times)

zubenelgenubi · « **Reply #20 on:** 11/17/2021 12:34 am »

Quote from: Josh_from_Canada on 11/16/2021 07:44 pm

https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/goes-t-meet-rocketship-ulas-vessel-that-makes-deliveries

One of the 2 blog images shows the Atlas being removed from the ship, with the other half of the hold empty. I assume that the Centaur stage was previously removed?

Josh_from_Canada · « **Reply #21 on:** 11/17/2021 08:42 pm »

Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 11/17/2021 12:34 am

of the 2 blog images shows the Atlas being removed from the ship, with the other half of the hold empty. I assume that the Centaur stage was previously removed?

Yes the Centaur was taken off the ship first. Also the tail number of this rocket is AV-095.

TimL · « **Reply #22 on:** 11/18/2021 12:24 pm »

From ULA's Photo section on flckr

Galactic Penguin SST · « **Reply #23 on:** 11/18/2021 02:42 pm »

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaas-goes-t-has-new-launch-date

Launch now scheduled on March 1st, 2022, 21:38 - 23:38 UTC.

Rondaz · « **Reply #24 on:** 11/18/2021 03:45 pm »

NASA, NOAA Adjust GOES-T Launch Date

Danielle Sempsrott Posted on November 18, 2021

NASA and NOAA are now targeting launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) mission March 1, 2022. NASA, NOAA, and United Launch Alliance (ULA) coordinated the new launch opportunity due to shifts with other missions scheduled ahead of GOES-T. The launch previously was scheduled for Feb. 16, 2022.

GOES-T, the third satellite in NOAA’s advanced GOES-R series, will be renamed GOES-18 once it reaches geostationary orbit. After it completes checkout of its instruments and systems, the new satellite will go into operation as GOES West and work in tandem with GOES-16, which operates in the GOES East position.

GOES-T, which arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Nov. 10, will launch on a ULA Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The two-hour launch window will open at 4:38 p.m. EST. NASA’s Launch Services Program is managing the launch.

NOAA manages the GOES-R Series Program through an integrated NOAA-NASA office, administering the ground system contract, operating the satellites, and distributing their data to users worldwide. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, oversees the acquisition of the GOES-R spacecraft and instruments. Lockheed Martin designs, creates, and tests the GOES-R series satellites. L3Harris Technologies provides the main instrument payload, the Advanced Baseline Imager, along with the ground system, which includes the antenna system for data reception.

Looking forward, NOAA is working with NASA on the next-generation geostationary satellite mission called GeoXO, which will bring new capabilities in support of U.S. weather, ocean, and climate operations in the 2030s. NASA will manage the development of the GeoXO satellites and launch them for NOAA.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2021/11/18/nasa-noaa-adjust-goes-t-launch-date/

catdlr · « **Reply #25 on:** 11/20/2021 03:30 am »

Earth from Orbit: GOES-T Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

Rondaz · « **Reply #26 on:** 11/23/2021 11:59 pm »

NOAA’s GOES-T Arrives in Florida for Processing Ahead of Launch

Danielle Sempsrott Posted on November 23, 2021

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) – the third satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R series – is now in Florida, undergoing final preparations ahead of its targeted launch on March 1, 2022. The satellite arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 10, 2021, in a United States Air Force C-5 cargo plane. Shortly after landing at the runway, teams transported it to an Astrotech Space Operations facility in nearby Titusville, where it will remain for processing and final checkouts prior to liftoff.

Upon its arrival at Astrotech, teams removed the spacecraft from its shipping container and attached it to the electrical ground support equipment that they will use to perform multiple tests over the next few weeks to ensure all satellite elements function properly.

GOES-T will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). After departing from ULA’s manufacturing plant in Decatur, Alabama, on Nov. 6, the rocket’s first and second stages arrived at CCSFS aboard a transport boat on Nov. 15. When spacecraft testing is complete and teams have conducted the Launch Vehicle Readiness Review, the satellite – once encapsulated in its protective payload fairing – will be placed atop the Atlas V rocket in preparation for liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41.

The GOES-R program is a collaboration between NASA and the NOAA. NASA manufactures and launches the satellites and NOAA funds and operates them and distributes their data to users worldwide. The GOES satellite network helps meteorologists observe and predict local weather events that affect public safety, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, fog, hurricanes, flash floods, and other severe weather. GOES-T will provide critical data for the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean.

This launch is being managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy in Florida, America’s multi-user spaceport. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center oversees the acquisition of the GOES-R spacecraft and instruments. Lockheed Martin designs, creates, and tests the GOES-R Series satellites. L3Harris Technologies provides the main instrument payload, the Advanced Baseline Imager, along with the ground system, which includes the antenna system for data reception.

Looking forward, NOAA is working with NASA on the next-generation geostationary satellite mission called Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO), which will bring new capabilities in support of U.S. weather, ocean, and climate operations in the 2030s. NASA will manage the development of the GeoXO satellites and launch them for NOAA.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2021/11/23/noaas-goes-t-arrives-in-florida-for-processing-ahead-of-launch/

Rondaz · « **Reply #27 on:** 12/02/2021 06:20 pm »

Rocketship delivering her precious cargo. #AtlasV #GOEST #ULARocketShip

https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1466420866921734159

Targeteer · « **Reply #28 on:** 12/27/2021 10:07 pm »

December 27, 2021
MEDIA ADVISORY M21-170
NASA Invites Media to NOAA’s Weather Observing Satellite Launch

Media accreditation is now open for the upcoming launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-T satellite, the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring system.

GOES-T is scheduled to launch March 1, 2022, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Media wishing to take part in person must apply for credentials at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

International media residing in the United States must apply by Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. U.S. media must apply by Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.

NASA’s media accreditation policy is online. For questions about accreditation, please email: [email protected]. For other mission questions, please contact Kennedy’s newsroom at: 321-867-2468.

Credentialed media will receive a confirmation email with the latest COVID-19 guidelines. If you have special logistical requests, such as space for satellite trucks, tents, or electrical connections, please contact Allison Tankersley at [email protected] by Feb. 21, 2022.

About GOES-T

NOAA manages the GOES-R Series Program through an integrated NOAA-NASA office, administering its ground system contract, operating the satellites, and distributing their data to users worldwide.

GOES-T will be renamed GOES-18 once it reaches geostationary orbit. Following a successful orbital checkout of its instruments and systems, GOES-18 will go into operational service as GOES West. In this position, the satellite will provide critical data for the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean.

The launch is managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy, America’s multi-user spaceport. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, oversees the acquisition of the GOES-R satellite and instruments. Lockheed Martin designs, creates, and tests the GOES-R Series satellites. L3Harris Technologies provides the main instrument payload, the Advanced Baseline Imager, and the ground system, which includes the antenna system for data reception.

For more information about GOES-T, visit:

https://go.nasa.gov/3esXZcw

Josh_from_Canada · « **Reply #29 on:** 01/18/2022 07:33 pm »

This launch is using GEM-63s
https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1483535763232935936

ZachS09 · « **Reply #30 on:** 01/18/2022 08:32 pm »

Quote from: Josh_from_Canada on 01/18/2022 07:33 pm

This launch is using GEM-63s
https://twitter.com/northropgrumman/status/1483535763232935936

All future Atlas Vs, with the exception of the Starliner missions, will use GEM-63 SRMs. The last non-Starliner mission with the old AJ-60A SRMs was SBIRS-GEO 5.

https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/05/15/billion-dollar-missile-defense-satellite-ready-for-launch-monday-at-cape-canaveral/

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #31 on:** 01/29/2022 07:07 pm »

Some GOES-T satellite images published by NASA, more images at: https://images.nasa.gov/album/ULA_GOES_T

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #32 on:** 01/31/2022 05:31 pm »

https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1488182167498801156

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #33 on:** 01/31/2022 05:32 pm »

https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1488204696934395912

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #34 on:** 02/03/2022 01:36 pm »

GOES-T is about to be encapsulated.

Conexion Espacial · « **Reply #35 on:** 02/07/2022 03:35 pm »

The Centaur stage is already being installed in the first stage.https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1490723173557583873

Rondaz · « **Reply #36 on:** 02/15/2022 10:11 pm »

NOAA’s GOES-T Satellite Gets Payload Protection

James Cawley Posted on February 15, 2022

Now safely encapsulated, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) satellite has completed another key milestone in preparation for its March 1, 2022, launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida

Inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility in nearby Titusville, the two halves of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V payload fairings were brought together and installed around GOES-T. The payload fairings will secure and protect the satellite during launch.

“Things are getting real now; GOES-T is fully assembled and ready for launch,” said GOES-T Mission Manager Rex Engelhardt. “Next week, we will be holding the final launch reviews and exercising the teams on their launch consoles in preparation for launch day.”

Last month, technicians began integrated operations, which included lifting and mating the spacecraft to the payload adapter – a piece of hardware that interfaces mechanically between the rocket and the spacecraft. On Feb. 17, GOES-T will be transported and mated to the launch vehicle. The fully assembled launch vehicle is targeted to roll to the launch pad on Feb. 28.

The third satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R series, GOES-T will lift off atop the Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41. The launch is managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center, America’s multi-user spaceport.

The GOES satellite network helps meteorologists observe and predict local weather events that affect public safety, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, fog, hurricanes, flash floods, and other severe weather. GOES-T will provide critical data for the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2022/02/15/noaas-goes-t-satellite-gets-payload-protection/

Rondaz · « **Reply #37 on:** 02/15/2022 10:13 pm »

The #GOEST satellite is now encapsulated in the payload fairings that will protect it during launch aboard a @ULALaunch #AtlasV. Keep up with key milestones as we get #ReadyToGOES:

https://twitter.com/NASA_LSP/status/1493664574964436993

Rondaz · « **Reply #38 on:** 02/15/2022 10:13 pm »

Packed up and ready to go!

@NOAA's #GOEST satellite is now safely encapsulated inside of the @ULALaunch Atlas V payload fairings. These fairings will protect and secure the satellite during launch.

https://twitter.com/NASAKennedy/status/1493662191068848139

Rondaz · « **Reply #39 on:** 02/15/2022 10:14 pm »

#GOEST will orbit the Earth’s equatorial plane at a speed that matches the Earth’s rotation. This orbit provides a constant birds' eye view of the same area and allows the satellite to capture high-res imagery and data of an area around the clock!

https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1493664613979680769