GOES-S Liftoff

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S. Liftoff was at 5:02 p.m. EST. GOES-S is the second satellite in a series of next-generation weather satellites. It will launch to a geostationary position over the U.S. to provide images of storms and help predict weather forecasts, severe weather outlooks, watches, warnings, lightning conditions and longer-term forecasting.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S. Liftoff was at 5:02 p.m. EST. GOES-S is the second satellite in a series of next-generation weather satellites. It will launch to a geostationary position over the U.S. to provide images of storms and help predict weather forecasts, severe weather outlooks, watches, warnings, lightning conditions and longer-term forecasting.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location UCS-8
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