GOES-T is the current GOES West satellite and was launched in 2022.
The GOES-R Series Program includes GOES-R (GOES-16, launched in 2016), GOES-S (GOES-17, launched in 2018), GOES-T (GOES-18), and GOES-U which is scheduled to launch in 2024.
GOES-18 reached geostationary orbit on 2022-03-14 and was previously designated GOES-T.
Four Northrop Grumman GEM 63 solid rocket boosters helped launch and deploy NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on 2022-03-02.
The Atlas V 541 used for the GOES-T mission included a 17-foot (5-meter) diameter short payload fairing.
Lockheed Martin built the GOES-T satellite in Littleton, Colorado based on the company’s A2100 satellite bus design.
GOES-T will be renamed GOES-18 when it reaches geostationary orbit.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T spacecraft lifted off on 2022-03-01 at 4:38 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Centaur upper stage deployed GOES-T more than three and a half hours after liftoff into a geostationary transfer orbit.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) T from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2022-03-01 at 4:38 p.m. Eastern.
The higher perigee transfer orbit for GOES-T is intended to shorten the time and reduce the propellant needed to reach geostationary orbit.
GOES-T is the third of four satellites in the GOES-R series of geostationary weather satellites built by Lockheed Martin.
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) T satellite is scheduled to launch at 4:38 p.m. Eastern on 2022-03-01 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Forecasts projected a 60% chance of acceptable weather conditions for the GOES-T launch on 2022-03-01, rising to 70% if the launch is delayed one day.
GOES-T will be renamed GOES-18 if it is successfully launched.
GOES-T will be delivered to a geosynchronous transfer orbit to place the spacecraft closer to its final destination and conserve the satellite’s fuel supply for a longer mission life.
The GOES-T launch is on track for 2022-03-01 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The GOES-T launch is planned for 4:38 p.m. EST on 2022-03-01.
The third Advanced Baseline Imager is onboard NOAA’s GOES-T satellite, which was scheduled to launch on 2022-03-01.
The OIG auditors did not request a delay of the GOES-T launch.