Scheduled:Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)2021December 7 - GOES-T - Atlas V 541 - Canaveral SLC-41 (or January 2022)Changes on May 24th, 2020
NOAA announces post-launch plans for GOES-T satelliteNOAA’s GOES-T will replace GOES-17 as the new satellite in the GOES West position, following its scheduled December 7 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Fla., top NOAA officials announced today.The decision to place GOES-T into operational service as soon as possible after launch is a result of the blockage in the loop heat pipe of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), the key instrument on GOES-17. The blockage, which appeared not long after the satellite launched on March 1, 2018, restricted the flow of coolant in the pipes, causing the ABI electronics to overheat and reducing the sensitivity of its infrared sensors. Engineers, however, were able to mitigate the issue and enabled the ABI to deliver more than 98 percent of the data it was designed to provide.GOES-T, which is the third satellite in NOAA’s advanced GOES-R series, will be renamed GOES-18 following a successful two-week post-launch checkout phase. Once operational and in service, it will work in tandem with GOES-16, which operates in the GOES East position.
GOES-T has a different date
Is this launch using AJ-60A or GEM-63 boosters?