GOES weather satellite to launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is poised to send a GOES weather satellite to geostationary orbit for NOAA. After launch, the spacecraft will take nearly three-weeks to reach its destination in geostationary orbit 22,000 miles above the equator.
The GOES satellites provide fast, high-resolution images of the earth’s western hemisphere. Including weather systems and lightning. Plus it also looks toward the sun to monitor solar activity and space weather. Melbourne-based L3Harris Technologies provided the primary imaging instrument for the GOES satellite.
WFIT's Rick Glasby filed this report from the Kennedy Space Center.