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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 ID2024-119A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.60133Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration15 years (planned)
20 days, 6 hours, 43 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
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GOES-19 (designated GOES-U prior to reaching geostationary orbit) is a weather satellite, the fourth and last of the GOES-R series of satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-R series will extend the availability of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system until 2036. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin, based on the A2100 platform.[4][5]

Launch[edit]

The satellite was successfully launched into space atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on 25 June 2024 at 5:26pm EDT (21:26 GMT),[1] from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States. The redesign of the loop heat pipe to prevent an anomaly, as seen in GOES-17, is not expected to delay the launch as it did with GOES-T.[6]

GOES-U also carries a copy of the Naval Research Laboratory's Compact CORonagraph (CCOR) instrument which, along with the CCOR planned for Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1), will allow continued monitoring of solar wind after the retirement of the NASA-ESA SOHO satellite 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. ^ a b c Garofalo, Meredith (25 June 2024). "Powerful GOES-U weather satellite launches to orbit atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket". space.com.
  2. ^ "NOAA's GOES-U Reaches Geostationary Orbit, Now Designated GOES-19". NESDIS. NOAA. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ a b c d e n2yo.com. "GOES-19 (GOES-U)". Retrieved 14 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "GOES-R, S, T, U Spacecraft Overview". Spaceflight101. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  5. ^ Andrews, Hillary (27 March 2024). "GOES-U weather satellite to launch June 25 after leak causes delay". FOX Weather. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  6. ^ Werner, Debra (9 January 2019). "Lockheed Martin halts work on GOES-T to wait for instrument fix". SpaceNews. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  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. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1". NESDIS. NOAA. Retrieved 24 March 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ "GOES-R Series Spacecraft Overview". GOES-R Series. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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