NASA will provide live coverage of pre-launch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U) mission. A two-hour launch window opens on Tuesday, June 25 at 5:16 p.m. EDT for the satellite’s launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The GOES-U satellite, the latest addition to the GOES-R series, will help prepare for two types of weather — terrestrial and space. GOES satellites play a key role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. This continuous monitoring helps scientists and forecasters issue early warnings and forecasts to help protect the one billion people who live and work in America. In addition, GOES-U carries a new compact coronagraph that will image the outer layer of the solar atmosphere to detect and characterize coronal mass ejections.
The deadline for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch has expired. NASA’s Media Accreditation Policy is available online. For questions about media accreditation, please contact: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.
NASA mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):
Monday, June 24
9:30 a.m. – NASA EDGE GOES-U pre-launch show on NASA+, the NASA app and the agency’s website.
11:00 a.m. – GOES-U scientific briefing with the following participants:
- Charles Webb, Deputy Director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA
- Ken Graham, director of NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Dan Lindsey, Principal Scientist, GOES-R Program, NOAA
- Elsayed Talaat, director of NOAA’s Office of Space Weather Observations
- Chris Wood, NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot
Coverage of the science press conference will be streamed live on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube and the agency’s website.
The media can ask questions in person or by phone. Limited auditorium space will be available for in-person participation. For a phone number and password, media should contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than one hour before the event at ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
15:15 – NASA Social Panel at Kennedy with the following participants:
- Jade Zsiros, telemetry engineer, NASA Launch Services Program
- Ellen Ramirez, Deputy Division Chief, Mission Operations Division, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NOAA
- Dakota Smith, satellite analyst and communicator, NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
- Allana Nepomuceno, Senior Manager, GOES-U Assembly, Test and Launch Operations, Lockheed Martin
- Chris Reith, Program Manager, Advanced Baseline Imager, L3Harris Technologies
The panel will be streamed live on NASA Kennedy’s YouTube, X and Facebook accounts. Members of the public can ask questions online by posting to YouTube, X and Facebook live streams or using #AskNASA.
17:00 – Pre-launch press conference at Kennedy (after the completion of the Launch Readiness Review), with the following participants:
- Denton Gibson, Launch Director, Launch Services Program, NASA
- Steve Volz, Assistant Administrator, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service
- Pam Sullivan, GOES-R Program Director, NOAA
- John Gagosian, Director, Joint Agency Satellite Division
- Julianna Scheiman, Director of NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
- Brian Cizek, Meteorological Officer, 45th Meteorological Squadron, US Space Force
Coverage of the pre-launch press conference will be streamed live on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube and the agency’s website.
The media can ask questions in person or by phone. Limited auditorium space will be available for in-person participation. For a phone number and password, media should contact the Kennedy newsroom no later than one hour before the event at ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Tuesday, June 25
13:00 – One-on-one media interviews with:
- Michael Morgan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, NOAA
- Michael Brennan, director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center
- James Spann, Principal Scientist, Office of Space Weather Observations, NOAA
- John Gagosian, Director, Joint Agency Satellite Division
- Krizia Negron, Language Program Manager, National Weather Service Office of Science and Technology Integration, NOAA (bilingual, available for interviews in Spanish)
- Dan Lindsey, Principal Scientist, GOES-R Program, NOAA
- Jagdeep Shergill, Program Director, GEO Weather, Lockheed Martin
- Chris Reith, Program Manager, Advanced Baseline Imager, L3Harris Technologies
4:15 p.m. – The launch of NASA’s broadcast begins on NASA+, the agency’s website and other digital channels.
17:16 – The two-hour start window opens
Audio only coverage
Only audio from press conferences and launch coverage will be carried on NASA “V” circuits, which can be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240 or -7135. On launch day, 321-867-7135 will have “Mission Audio,” a no-commentary NASA TV launch countdown activity.
Live pre-launch video coverage
NASA will provide live video from Launch Complex 39A approximately 24 hours prior to the mission’s scheduled launch on Kennedy NASA’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/kscnewsroom. The feed will be uninterrupted until the pre-launch broadcast begins on the NASA Television media channel.
Launch of the NASA website
Information about the launch of the mission will be available on the agency’s website. Coverage will include live streams and blog updates starting as early as June 25 at 3:00 p.m., when the milestone countdown takes place. Streaming video and on-demand photos of the launch will be available shortly after launch.
If you have questions about countdown coverage, please contact Kennedy at 321-867-2468. Follow the countdown on the GOES blog.
More information on obtaining information about cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar interviewas en español, comunÃquese con Antonia Jaramillo: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.govabout Messod Bendayan:messod.c.bendayan@nasa.gov
Attend the launch virtually
The public can register and attend this launch virtually. The NASA Virtual Guest Program for this mission also includes curated launch resources, announcements of related opportunities or changes, and a post-launch NASA Guest Virtual Passport stamp.
Follow, engage on social media
Let people know you’re following the mission on X, Facebook and Instagram using the hashtags #ReadyToGOES and #NASASocial. You can also stay connected by following and tagging these accounts:
X: @NASA, @NASA_LSP, @NASAKennedy, @NOAASatellites, @NASAGoddard
Facebook: NASA, NASA LSP, NASA Kennedy, NOAA Satellites, NASA Goddard
Instagram: NASA, NASA Kennedy, NOAA satellites
For more information about the mission, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/goes-u
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