A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket pierced into the afternoon clouds over Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday, carrying into orbit a critical U.S. weather satellite set to join a sister spacecraft launched one and a half years ago to complete NOAA’s high-orbiting constellation of next-generation weather sentinels.
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A United Launch Alliance thundered off from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 at 22:02 UTC on March 1st, 2018 with the GOES-S weather satellite.
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A United Launch Alliance thundered off from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 at 22:02 UTC on March 1st, 2018 with the GOES-S weather satellite.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolled to its Cape Canaveral launch pad on Wednesday in preparation for liftoff Thursday afternoon with the second in the next-generation of U.S. Geostationary Weather Satellites to complete the operational constellation with two sharply-eyed weather assets watching over the Western Hemisphere from their high-altitude perch.
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The encapsulated GOES-S weather satellite was transferred from its final processing facility to Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 on February 16, 2018 for installation atop its Atlas V 541 rocket
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The Atlas V 541 launch vehicle for the GOES-S mission undergoes assembly at Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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The main stages of the Atlas V launch vehicle tasked with launching the GOES-S weather satellite arrived at Florida’s Cape Canaveral on January 22, 2018 via the Delta Mariner operated by ULA to ship their launch vehicle components.
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The GOES-S weather satellite undergoes final pre-launch processing tasks at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville in preparation for launch on an Atlas V rocket in the first quarter of 2018.
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The GOES-S weather satellite arrived at the Kennedy Space Center via Air Force cargo aircraft on December 4, 2017 to enter two and a half months of final pre-launch processing at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville in preparation for a March liftoff atop a ULA Atlas V rocket.
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The GOES-S weather satellite arrived at the Kennedy Space Center via Air Force cargo aircraft on December 4, 2017 to enter two and a half months of final pre-launch processing at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville in preparation for a March liftoff atop a ULA Atlas V rocket.
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The GOES-S weather satellite, the second in the next generation of U.S. meteorological spacecraft, undergoes final assembly and testing at Lockheed Martin’s facilities before being integrated with its six state-of-the-art instruments that will keep close watch over weather on Earth
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NOAA’s recently-launched GOES-16 weather satellite sent back its first images of Earth, providing a taste of what’s to come once the state-of-the-art satellite enters service later this year to deliver data at unprecedented resolution and revisit time to scientists, meteorologists and weather enthusiasts.
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A planned twilight liftoff of ULA’s Atlas V carrying the GOES-R weather satellite turned into a night launch on Saturday when the rocket was forced to stay on the ground until the very last second of the day’s launch window.
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Riding on pillars of smoke and flames, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral to lift into orbit the GOES-R next-generation weather satellite that will revolutionize the collection of meteorological data over the Western hemisphere.
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Riding on pillars of smoke and flames, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral to lift into orbit the GOES-R next-generation weather satellite that will revolutionize the collection of meteorological data over the Western hemisphere.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready atop its Cape Canaveral launch pad for liftoff with the GOES-R meteorological satellite to ring in a new era in weather forecasting.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, topped with the GOES-R weather satellite, rolls out from its assembly building to reach the launch pad at SLC-41, Cape Canaveral to begin the final countdown to liftoff, marking the start of a new era in weather forecasting.
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An Atlas V 541 rocket is assembled at Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral for the launch of the GOES-R weather satellite for NASA and NOAA.
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The GOES-R Weather Satellite undergoes final preparations for liftoff, being delivered to Cape Canaveral to be readied for launch atop an Atlas V rocket by finishing outfitting of the large satellite, loading it with propellant for its flight and putting it through final tests before encapsulating the satellite in the protective payload fairing and installing it atop the Atlas V rocket.
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The GOES-R next generation Geostationary Weather Satellite is assembled at Lockheed Martin’s facilities before being integrated with its six instrument to keep close watch over weather on Earth, developments in the atmosphere, solar activity that can affect space- and airborne assets and space weather capable of affecting satellites operations.
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