Experts from NASA, NOAA, SpaceX, and the U.S. Space Force discuss launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOESU (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission, and answer questions.

GOESU is scheduled for liftoff Tuesday, June 25 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participants are:

Denton Gibson, launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA
Steve Volz, assistant administrator, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service
Pam Sullivan, director, GOESR Program, NOAA
John Gagosian, director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA
Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force

The GOES satellites serve a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans. This continuous monitoring aids scientists and forecasters in issuing timely warnings and forecasts to help protect the one billion people who live and work in the Americas.

Additionally, GOESU carries a new compact coronagraph that will image the outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere to detect and characterize coronal mass ejections.

Learn more about the GOES network: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/goes/
Credit: NASA