NOAA's GOES-T Spacecraft Separation
Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Category: Science & Technology
Tags: nasanoaagoes-tlaunch complex 41cape canaveral space force stationkennedy space centernational oceanic and atmospheric administrationunited launch alliancegeostationary operational environmental satellite-tatlas v
Description: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) satellite spacecraft separates from the Centaur upper stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. GOES-T lifted off from Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 at 4:38 p.m. EST, March 1, 2022. A joint effort between NASA and NOAA, GOES-T will be renamed GOES-18 once it reaches geostationary orbit, replacing GOES-17 as GOES West. It will be positioned to watch over the western contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean.
