Experts from NASA and NOAA discuss the science of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission and answer questions.
GOES-U is scheduled to launch Tuesday, June 25 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participants are:
- Charles Webb, deputy director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA
- Ken Graham, director, NOAA's National Weather Service
- Dan Lindsey, chief scientist, GOES-R Program, NOAA
- Elsayed Talaat, director, NOAA's Office of Space Weather Observations
- Chris Wood, NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot
The GOES satellites serve a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. This continuous monitoring aids scientists and forecasters in issuing timely warnings and forecasts to help protect the one billion people who live and work in the Americas.
Additionally, GOES-U carries a new compact coronagraph that will image the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere to detect and characterize coronal mass ejections.
Learn more about the GOES network: science.nasa.g...
Credit: NASA
23 июн 2024
