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    NOAA and NASA Ready to Launch Crucial New Earth-Observing Satellite Live Shots

    Feb. 22nd, 2022
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    Quick link to EDITED B-ROLLQuick link to GOES-T resource pageQuick link to canned interview with NOAA GOES-R Program Chief of Staff Kevin Fryer || Whether you are tuning in to your local weather report to get the latest storm predictions, or checking today’s temperature on your phone - the data for those forecasts come in large part from NOAA satellites. On March 1, NASA will launch a vital new satellite for NOAA, GOES-T. This new satellite will join NOAA’s GOES fleet, a system of satellites that monitors weather both on Earth and in space. For meteorologists, this fleet provides critical data to help deliver life-saving forecasts and warnings. Once GOES-T’s instruments have been checked out on orbit, NOAA will position the renamed “GOES-18” to watch over the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America and the Pacific Ocean. GOES-18 will be ideally located to detect and monitor weather systems and environmental hazards that most affect this region of the Western Hemisphere, such as atmospheric rivers, wildfires, fog, volcanic eruptions, and Pacific hurricanes. Live interviews will be offered on March 1, 2022 from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EASTERN TIME. Click here to request an interview: https://forms.gle/2HyU5ZgzmgdsJ6aLASuggested Anchor Intro:(We/Our) Meteorologists bring you forecasts everyday and NOAA GOES satellites are a key factor in delivering the most accurate predictions. Today, NOAA and NASA will launch a new weather observing satellite, NOAA’s GOES-T. The third of its kind, GOES-T will not only help us prepare for weather on Earth– it will track space weather, too! Here to tell us more about it is NOAA expert xxxxxx.Suggested Questions:1. NOAA and NASA are launching an important Earth-observing satellite today. Can you tell us about the GOES-T satellite?2. Can you explain why geostationary orbit is important and how the GOES mission helps our viewers get accurate, and even life-saving, weather data?3. In recent years, we have seen quite a few environmental hazards across the globe including a surprising pressure wave from the volcanic eruption in Tonga and the wildfires in the western U.S. We have some of those images– can you tell us how GOES-T will help us when those types of events happen?4. GOES-T is going to observe more than just weather on Earth– it will also monitor space weather! Can you tell us more about what space weather is and why we monitor it?5. Where can our viewers go to learn more about GOES-T * NOAA.GOV/GOEST* @NOAASatellites* Ciencia.nasa.gov Longer Interview Questions:6. The GOES fleet is a workhorse and has a lot of capabilities that may surprise you. Can you tell us about some of the surprising things GOES can do? 7. Other than helping meteorologists, who else/what industries will GOES-T help when it comes to safety? ||

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    GOES-T Overview and Beauty Shots

    Feb. 3rd, 2022
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    GOES-T Overview and Upcoming Launch Music: "Spacey Wave," by JC Lemay [SACEM]; Koka; Universal Production MusicAdditional footage provided by Lockheed Martin || 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. ||

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    Calling All Meteorologists! How NOAA Satellites Are Keeping an Eye on Extreme Spring Weather

    March 19th, 2020
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    Canned interview to be posted soon || GREENBELT, Md., Goddard Space Flight Center — If it feels like spring came early this year, it’s not your imagination. Thanks to the leap year, this is the earliest spring equinox since 1896 — more than 120 years ago. NOAA satellites, launched by NASA, can see signs of spring everywhere from the unique vantage point of space. From plants greening up to changes in our weather, NOAA satellites have you covered by continuously monitoring instant and long-term change.For 50 years, NOAA’s weather satellites have provided observations and imagery of storm systems, which helps forecasters monitor and assess a storm’s evolution. Orbiting Earth at different heights and paths, NOAA’s fleet of satellites gives us an important, comprehensive view of our planet. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system is parked in an orbit over the equator and continuously tracks the same area. Meanwhile, the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is in a lower orbit, flying over the north and south poles to give us a constantly shifting global perspective. These satellites work in concert to provide imagery for monitoring a storm, and temperature and moisture data to be fed into the weather forecast models meteorologists use to develop the weather forecast you rely on every day.Follow us on Twitter for the latest information: @NOAASatellitesFor more check out the following links:www.goes-r.gov/www.jpss.noaa.gov/www.nesdis.noaa.gov/ ||

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    Faster Weather Tracking On The Way. Feb. 23 Live Shots About Upcoming Launch Of GOES-S

    Feb. 20th, 2018
    (updated May 3rd, 2023)

    B-roll to be added Thursday, Feb. 22nd at 6:00 p.m. ET || Calling All Meteorologists! Faster Weather Tracking On The WayU.S. Will Now Have Two of the Most Advanced Weather Satellites Ever, Operating in Tandem NOAA Scientists Available Feb. 23 to Talk about New GOES-S Satellite Launching Next WeekLast year’s historic hurricanes and wildfires and extreme storm systems called for fast and reliable weather forecasting. On Thursday, March 1, NASA will launch NOAA’s newest weather satellite, GOES-S, which will scan the Earth five times faster and at four times the image resolution. GOES-S is the second of NOAA’s new series of advanced geostationary weather satellites. With it, the United States will now have two of the most advanced weather satellites working in tandem to provide unprecedented coverage across the entire U.S. and most of the Western Hemisphere, from the west coast of Africa to New Zealand. This includes the northeastern Pacific, the birthplace of many weather systems that affect the continental U.S., and where there is comparatively little data.Join NOAA scientists from 6:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 23 — just days before launch — to learn how GOES-S will help forecasters predict and emergency officials plan for future extreme weather and natural disasters.The new GOES-S satellite has triple the number of channels from older geostationary weather satellites, which allow it to see in different wavelengths of light, including a new near-infrared band, which can discern between snow, ice and clouds. GOES-S will track storm systems, lightning, wildfires, coastal fog and other weather hazards that threaten the U.S. – particularly in the western U.S., Hawaii and Alaska. It will also give forecasters and emergency responders more time to prepare for severe weather across the U.S. as storm systems move east. GOES-S is a joint collaboration between NOAA and NASA.**Schedule a live or taped interview**Michelle Handleman / michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov / 301-286-0918HD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K24/Lower: Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 24 Slot Lower| 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12171.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio EmbeddedSuggested Questions:1. How will the newest, most-advanced GOES satellite improve weather forecasts?2. Last year, we saw destructive hurricanes, record wildfire season and devastating flooding. Howwill GOES-S help us better predict and prepare for extreme weather?3. How will new technology on GOES-S help my local weather forecasts?4. Fog can be responsible for flight delays all over the country. How will GOES-S help with aviationforecasts?5. Where can we learn more about the new satellite as it prepares to launch?Questions for longer interviews:1. What is a geostationary satellite?2. How will the new GOES-S satellite complement other orbiting weather satellites?3. What type of data will GOES-S provide compared with the satellite it’s replacing?4. What kind of economic benefits might come from this satellite?5. How do NASA and NOAA work together to use the vantage point of space to better understandthe Earth’s system?Live Shot Details:Location: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Greenbelt, MarylandScientists:Joe Pica / NOAA National Weather Service, Director of ObservationsJamese Sims / GOES-R Satellite Products ManagerMatt Seybold /GOES-R Data Operations Manager and Product Readiness & Operations Lead Vanessa Griffin / NOAA, Director of the Office of Satellite and Product Operations Jose Galvez /meteorologist, International Desk, NOAA's Weather Prediction Center ||

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