At the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a crane lifts a Centaur upper stage for mating to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will boost NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S, or GOES-S, to orbit. GOES-S is the second in a series of four advanced geostationary weather satellites that will significantly improve the detection and observation of environmental phenomena that directly affect public safety, protection of property and the nation's economic health and prosperity. GOES-S is slated to launch March 1, 2018.
GOES-SGeostationary Operational Environmental SatelliteNOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNASAGSFCGoddard Space Flight CenterLSPLaunch Services ProgramKSCKennedy Space CenterULAUnited Launch AllianceAtlas V-541SLC-41CCAFSCape Canaveral Air Force StationAstrotechAstrotech Space OperationsLockheed MartinHarris CorporationABIAdvanced Baseline ImagerSEISSSpace Environment In-Situ SuiteMagnetometerGLMGeostationary Lightning MapperEXISExtreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance SensorsSUVISolar Ultraviolet Imager