November 19, 20169 yr I think if I lived near Kennedy I would go watch all launches. It was awesome the time I visited there.
November 19, 20169 yr We were south of Daytona once for a night shuttle launch and could see it in the distance.
November 19, 20169 yr Author People won't realize how important this launch is until the satellite goes fully operational. GOES-R has six instruments, two of which are specifically geared for weather, including the Geostationary Lightning Mapper. The other is the Advanced Baseline Imager, which is basically a camera that will send back images more quickly and with more detail. It can scan half the Earth in five minutes. During severe weather, forecasters can request a scan every 30 seconds. “With current satellites, we get images about every 30 minutes,” said National Hurricane Specialist Michael Brennan. “GOES-R will provide imagery every five to 15 minutes.” New GOES-R weather satellite to revolutionize forecasts | www.mypalmbeachpost.com
November 19, 20169 yr It's crazy to see the track that it's taking and seeing how far away it already is from the launch site in only 10 minutes.
November 20, 20169 yr Author See how much slower the Saturn V launch was. I was watching this live on tv back in 1969
November 20, 20169 yr Author The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) is NOAA’s next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The first satellite in the series, GOES-R, is scheduled for launch on November 19, 2016 at approximately 5:42pm Eastern. Once the satellite reaches geostationary orbit, it will be known as GOES-16. There will be four satellites in the series: GOES-R, GOES-S, GOES-T and GOES-U. GOES-R will provide continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s Western Hemisphere, total lightning data, and space weather monitoring to provide critical atmospheric, hydrologic, oceanic, climatic, solar and space data. GOES-R Mission | NOAA NESDIS
November 20, 20169 yr Author (CNN)It doesn't matter where you get your weather forecast. With the newest weather satellite in orbit, prediction models will probably improve overnight. The GOES-R satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral on Saturday afternoon atop an Atlas V 541 rocket. It's the first of three satellites being built to replace the aging United States weather satellite system. Once the satellite reaches orbit, it will change names from GOES-R to GOES-16 and become the 16th geostationary weather satellite in US history. "This spacecraft will impact 300 million people a day," said Tim Gasparrini, the GOES-R project manager and employee of Lockheed Martin, which assembled the satellite. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are leading the effort. GOES-R satellite will vastly improve weather forecasts - CNN.com
November 20, 20169 yr @nWo, the Saturn V was slower, but more powerful, yes? I'm so jealous of those of you that got to see a Saturn V launch!
November 20, 20169 yr Author @nWo, the Saturn V was slower, but more powerful, yes? I'm so jealous of those of you that got to see a Saturn V launch! Yes it was because it was so large. it weight over 6 million lbs. NASA's Mighty Saturn V Moon Rocket Explained (Infographic)
November 20, 20169 yr People won't realize how important this launch is until the satellite goes fully operational. GOES-R has six instruments, two of which are specifically geared for weather, including the Geostationary Lightning Mapper. The other is the Advanced Baseline Imager, which is basically a camera that will send back images more quickly and with more detail. It can scan half the Earth in five minutes. During severe weather, forecasters can request a scan every 30 seconds. “With current satellites, we get images about every 30 minutes,” said National Hurricane Specialist Michael Brennan. “GOES-R will provide imagery every five to 15 minutes.” New GOES-R weather satellite to revolutionize forecasts | www.mypalmbeachpost.com How soon until it goes active and it's data can be used?
November 20, 20169 yr Author How soon until it goes active and it's data can be used? I've read that this first one should go on line by the end of the next year. According to their schedule they will be running test until sometime in 2017. Seeing some of the simulations of the images coming from this satellite is liking going from and old black and white polaroid to 4k hd tv. It is truly amazing.
November 20, 20169 yr I've read that this first one should go on line by the end of the next year. According to their schedule they will be running test until sometime in 2017. Seeing some of the simulations of the images coming from this satellite is liking going from and old black and white polaroid to 4k hd tv. It is truly amazing. I can't wait to see what it will do.
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