NOAA GOES-T Weather Satellite Liftoff! | ULA Atlas V

NOAA GOES-T Weather Satellite Liftoff! | ULA Atlas V

This is a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-T satellite. Launching for NASA's Launch Services Program, it lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. Launch occurred at 4:38 p.m. EST on March 1, 2022. 

GOES-T is the third satellite in the GOES-R series that will continue to help meteorologists observe and predict local weather events that affect public safety. GOES-T will be renamed GOES-18 once it reaches geostationary orbit. GOES-18 will go into operational service as GOES West to provide critical data for the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean. The launch is managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, America’s multi-user spaceport. 

Credit: United Launch Alliance (ULA)

Image Capture Date: March 1, 2022

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