The POT will launch a geostationary satellite on June 25 that will allow the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve the observation capacity of the Meteorological phenomena and environmental monitoring of the Earth.
The mission, which will take off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from a platform on Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will also aim to study the climatic conditions of space, the company said in a statement. US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The NOAA satellite called GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) will carry a set of “instruments for obtaining advanced images, atmospheric measurementsreal-time mapping of lightning activity and detection of space weather hazards that are approaching”.
GOES-U will include a new compact coronagraph (a device that allows observing dimly illuminated objects near a star) that “will take images of the outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere to detect coronal mass ejections”.
As the fourth and final satellite in the GOES-R series, GOES-U will enhance the ability to “monitor and forecast climate, ocean and environmental dynamics in real time”.
The satellite has seven instruments that will provide advanced images and atmospheric measurements of the western hemisphere of the Earth, in addition to a “real-time mapping of lightning activity and advanced monitoring of solar activity and space weather“, indicated the POT.
Following the launch and an in-orbit verification, NOAA “will redesignate GOES-U as GOES-19″.
The satellites will continually observe the Land from the west coast of Africa to New Zealand, providing data for weather forecasting, severe storm tracking and environmental monitoring.
“The GOES constellation helps protect one billion people living and working in the Americas”, he highlighted.
NASA and NOAA collaborate on several missions to improve our understanding of Earth, its climate and his environmentin order to improve the security and well-being of all humanity.
The Goddard Space Flight Center POTin Greenbelt, Maryland, oversees the acquisition of the spacecraft and instruments, and the Lockheed Martin company designs, builds and tests the GOES-R series satellites.
The POT and SpaceX They set a two-hour launch window that will open at 5:16 pm EDT (21:30 GMT) on Tuesday, June 25.
Source: Gestion
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