GOES-U Dress Rehearsal

From left, Megan Cruz, NASA Communications at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Mic Woltman, chief of Fleet Systems Integration for the Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center participate in a mission dress rehearsal on Monday, June 17, 2024, inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The GOES-U satellite, the final addition to GOES-R series, will serve a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans launched Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

From left, Megan Cruz, NASA Communications at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Mic Woltman, chief of Fleet Systems Integration for the Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center participate in a mission dress rehearsal on Monday, June 17, 2024, inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The GOES-U satellite, the final addition to GOES-R series, will serve a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans launched Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Photographer NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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