Feb. 2nd, 2022
GOES-T Overview and Upcoming Launch Music: "Spacey Wave," by JC Lemay [SACEM]; Koka; Universal Production MusicAdditional footage provided by Lockheed Martin GOES-T Beauty Shot Beauty shot of GOES-T Beauty shot of GOES-T This animation depicts the areas of the Earth viewed by GOES-East and GOES-West from their vantage point 22,236 miles above the equator. GOES Wildire Detection and Monitoring Music: “Enduring Faith,” by Frederik Wiedmann [BMI]; Icon Trailer Music; Universal Production MusicAdditional GOES-T Footage Courtesy of:Lockheed MartinAdditional Wildfire Footage:CALFIRE_Official/flickr under CC BY-NC 2.0National Interagency Fire CenterCALFIRE_Official/Alaska Fire Service/flickr NOAA’s GOES-T is the third satellite in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R Series, the Western Hemisphere’s most sophisticated weather observing and environmental monitoring system. The GOES-R Series provides advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and space weather monitoring. After GOES-T launches, it will be renamed GOES-18 once it reaches geostationary orbit. Following a successful on-orbit checkout of its instruments and systems, NOAA plans to put GOES-T immediately into operational service, replacing GOES-17 as GOES West. GOES-18 will work in tandem with GOES-16, NOAA’s operational GOES East satellite. Together, GOES-16 and GOES-18 will watch over more than half the globe – from the west coast of Africa to New Zealand. GOES-17 will become an on-orbit spare. For More InformationSee [https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/next-generation/goes-t-launch](https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/next-generation/goes-t-launch) Related pages
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