The Prelaunch News Conference for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) has representatives from NASA, NOAA, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Space Launch Delta 45. The GOES-T satellite is part of the GOES-R series helping meteorologists observe and predict local weather events, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, fog, hurricanes, flash floods and other severe weather. GOES-T is scheduled to launch on March 1, 2022 at 4:38 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) on a ULA Atlas V 541 rocket. The launch is managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The participants include: Steve Volz, Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction and the Assistant Administrator of NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service; Pam Sullivan, Director, GOES-R Program, NOAA; John Gagosian, Director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA HQ Science Mission Directorate; Tim Dunn, Launch Director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center; Scott Messer, Program Manager, NASA Launch Services, United Launch Alliance; Jessica Williams, Launch Weather Officer, Space Launch Delta 45
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February 26, 2022
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