NASA is inviting everyone to join them for the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) satellite! The third satellite in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-R Series, GOES-T, is scheduled to launch on March 1, 2022, at 4:38 p.m. EST on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The GOES-R Series is the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather-observing and environmental monitoring system, helping to protect the 1 billion people who live and work in the Americas. GOES-T will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and monitoring of space weather. Once operational, GOES-T will be positioned to watch over the western United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean. The satellite will be ideally located to monitor weather systems and hazards that most affect this region, such as atmospheric rivers, fog, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, and Pacific hurricanes.
Members of the public can watch the launch live as it airs on NASA Television and the agency’s website, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, Theta.TV and the
NASA app. And by registering for their virtual guest program, you’ll receive behind-the-scenes videos, up-to-date resources, a stamp for your virtual guest passport following launch.
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