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GOES-U
Artistic rendering of GOES-U once deployed
NamesGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U
Mission typeEarth weather forecasting
OperatorNOAA/NASA
COSPAR ID2024-119AEdit this at Wikidata
SATCATno.60133Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration15 years (planned)
20 days, 9 hours, 44 minutes (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
BusA2100
ManufacturerLockheed Martin
Launch mass5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
Dry mass2,925 kg (6,449 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date25 June 2024 5:26pm EDT (21:26 GMT)[1]
RocketFalcon Heavy
Launch siteKennedy Space Center,LC-39A
ContractorSpaceX
Entered serviceSpring 2025 (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude75.2° west (planned)[2]
Semi-major axis41,845 km (26,001 mi)[3]
Eccentricity0.0045031[3]
Perigee altitude35,286.4 km (21,926.0 mi)[3]
Apogee altitude35,663.3 km (22,160.1 mi)[3]
Inclination0.1204°[1]
Period24 hours[3]
EpochJuly 12, 2024

GOES-U mission insignia

GOES-19(designatedGOES-Uprior to reaching geostationary orbit) is aweather satellite,the fourth and last of theGOES-Rseries of satellites operated by theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA). The GOES-R series will extend the availability of theGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite(GOES) system until 2036. The satellite is built byLockheed Martin,based on theA2100platform.[4][5]

Launch[edit]

The satellite was successfully launched into space atop aSpaceXFalcon Heavyrocket on 25 June 2024 at 5:26pm EDT (21:26 GMT),[1]fromKennedy Space Center,Florida,United States.The redesign of theloop heat pipeto prevent ananomaly,as seen inGOES-17,is not expected to delay the launch as it did withGOES-T.[6]

GOES-U also carries a copy of theNaval Research Laboratory's CompactCORonagraph(CCOR) instrument which, along with the CCOR planned forSpace Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1(SWFO-L1), will allow continued monitoring ofsolar windafter the retirement of theNASA-ESASOHOsatellite in 2025.[7][8]

GOES-U has a dry mass of 2,925 kg (6,449 lb) and a fueled mass of 5,000 kg (11,023 lb).[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcGarofalo, Meredith (25 June 2024)."Powerful GOES-U weather satellite launches to orbit atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket".space.
  2. ^"NOAA's GOES-U Reaches Geostationary Orbit, Now Designated GOES-19".NESDIS.NOAA. 8 July 2024.Retrieved14 July2024.Public DomainThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
  3. ^abcden2yo."GOES-19 (GOES-U)".Retrieved14 July2024.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^"GOES-R, S, T, U Spacecraft Overview".Spaceflight101.Retrieved17 January2024.
  5. ^Andrews, Hillary (27 March 2024)."GOES-U weather satellite to launch June 25 after leak causes delay".FOX Weather.Retrieved8 April2024.
  6. ^Werner, Debra (9 January 2019)."Lockheed Martin halts work on GOES-T to wait for instrument fix".SpaceNews.Retrieved26 May2019.
  7. ^Vargas, Marco (7 January 2019)."The NOAA Space Weather Follow-On Program to Ensure Continuity of CME Imagery and Solar Wind Space-Based Observations".American Meteorilogical Society 99th Annual Meeting.AMS.Retrieved24 March2020.
  8. ^"Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1".NESDIS.NOAA.Retrieved24 March2020.Public DomainThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
  9. ^"GOES-R Series Spacecraft Overview".GOES-R Series.Retrieved17 January2024.
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