GOES-S Prelaunch News Conference
In the Kennedy Space Center's Press Site auditorium, Stephen Volz, director for Satellite and Information Services for NOAA, speaks to members of the media at a prelaunch news conference about National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's, or NOAA's, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S. The GOES series of satellites will significantly improve the detection and observation of environmental phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property and the nation's economic health and prosperity. GOES-S is slated to lift off at 5:02 p.m. EST on March 1, 2018 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
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NASA ID
KSC-20180227-PH_KLS01_0043
Date Created
February 27, 2018
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KSC
Media Type
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Photographer
NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location
Press Site Auditorium
