Будни группировки GOES

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https://spacenews.com/lockheed-martin-goes-t-u/

PHOENIX –Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) R Series, has halted work on GOES-T, the next spacecraft scheduled to launch, and turned its attention to successor GOES-U as it waits for Harris Corp. to complete modification of the spacecraft's primary instrument, the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI).
Now it is clear NOAA will not launch GOES-T in May 2020. "When we will launch exactly depends on when this all settles down," Gasparrini said. "They don't expect the 2024 launch of GOES-U to be impacted."

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https://www.losangeles.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2339990/ussf-and-noaa-begin-joint-operations-of-infrared-weather-satellite/

USSF and NOAA Begin Joint Operations of Infrared Weather Satellite
Space and Missile Systems Center Public Affairs / Published September 08, 2020

A view of the Earth from the EWS-G1 satellite taken on September 1, 2020. Originally launched in 2006 as GOES-13, the satellite provided operational weather coverage over the United States' East Coast for 10 years before being replaced in the GOES-East position by GOES-16. The transfer to the Department of Defense and relocation of EWS-G1 is the culmination of joint efforts between SMC, NOAA and NASA. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Space Force's MARK IV-B Program Office)

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The U.S. Space Force has declared Initial Operational Capability of the Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary (EWS-G1) spacecraft. EWS-G1, formerly known as GOES-13, was transferred to the U.S. Air Force by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2019 under an agreement between the U.S. Air Force and NOAA for Interagency Cooperation on Collection of Space-Based Environmental Monitoring Data.

Originally launched in 2006, GOES-13 provided operational weather coverage over the United States East Coast for 10 years before being replaced in the GOES-East position by GOES-16. EWS-G1 is the first Department of Defense owned geostationary weather satellite. The satellite provides timely cloud characterization and theater weather imagery to DoD in the Indian Ocean region, addressing needs across Central Command (CENTCOM) and other operating theaters.

The transfer and relocation of EWS-G1 is the culmination of joint efforts between the USSF's Space and Missile Systems Center, NOAA and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

"EWS-G1 is a prime example of innovation and the leveraging of partnerships. SMC partnered with NOAA and NASA to deliver critically needed Geostationary visible and infrared cloud characterization and theater weather imagery in the Indian Ocean region. This effort

demonstrates speed by allowing the spacecraft to be moved and operated in the Indian Ocean region far earlier than a new satellite could be produced and fielded," said Charlotte Gerhart, SMC's Production Corps Low Earth Orbit Division chief. "The repurposing of GOES-13, and residual NOAA ground equipment, accomplished the mission at a fraction of the procurement cost of a brand new system."

After the relocation maneuver, NOAA and the U.S. Space Force completed a thorough checkout of the EWS-G1 spacecraft and sensors. All criteria were met to declare the system operational and EWS-G1 is now providing weather data to DOD forecasters. NOAA will continue to operate EWS-G1 on behalf of the U.S. Space Force for its remaining life span, from the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Maryland and Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station in Virginia.

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Не, это не будни. "Это просто праздник какой-то".

[zandr]

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1436425327849316356

SpaceX  @SpaceX
NASA has selected Falcon Heavy to launch GOES-U in 2024! This next-generation satellite operated by @NOAA will support weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research → http://nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-goes-u-mission

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Emre Kelly  @EmreKelly
SpaceX secures another Falcon Heavy flight, this time for NASA/NOAA. GOES-U weather satellite will fly from pad 39A NET 04/24 at a total cost of $152 million. Will be the last of the R series built by Lockheed Martin in Colorado.

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GOES-U: Road to Launch

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The GOES-U satellite is loaded onto a C-5M Super Galaxy cargo transport at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado on Jan. 22, 2024. Photo credit: NASA


GOES-T's shipping container is opened at Astrotech Space Operations. Photo credit: NASA


Fueling the GOES-S satellite. Photo credit: Lockheed Martin


GOES-U will be encapsulated in a payload fairing similar to the one that the NASA Psyche spacecraft was encapsulated in. Photo credit: NASA


Psyche, encapsulated in the payload fairing, is transported from the Astrotech Space Operations Facility at Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA


GOES-U rollout will be similar to the NASA Psyche rollout seen above. Photo Credit: NASA


After reaching the launch pad, the Falcon Heavy carrying GOES-U will be moved into a vertical position in preparation for launch. Photo of Psyche by NASA


Two side boosters from SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket successfully land at the company's Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, October 13, 2023, just minutes after NASA's Psyche launch from Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: SpaceX

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