GOES-U

NOAA is preparing to send a second Compact Coronagraph into orbit in 2025 on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U).

NASA selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) mission.

NASA selected SpaceX to launch GOES-U, the last in a series of geostationary weather satellites previously launched by United Launch Alliance.

GOES-U is the fourth and final spacecraft in the GOES-R Series of geostationary weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The fourth Advanced Baseline Imager will be integrated into the GOES-U satellite slated to launch in 2024.

L3Harris Technologies built the fourth Advanced Baseline Imager and integrated it into NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U).

GOES-U provides groundwork for the future Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) imager programs, which are currently in the Phase A Formulation stage.

The fourth and final Advanced Baseline Imager was integrated into the GOES-U satellite and is slated to launch in 2024.

GOES-U is slated to launch in 2024 and will complete the GOES-R series of advanced geostationary weather sensors.

Once in geostationary orbit, GOES-U will be renamed GOES-19.

NOAA and SpaceX set the launch date for GOES-U as 2024-06-25 to place the satellite into geostationary orbit.

The launch of GOES-U is scheduled for 2024-06-25, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

GOES-U will provide the groundwork for future Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) imager programs.

NASA selected SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to launch the GOES-U satellite in 2024.

NASA and SpaceX targeted Tuesday, June 25, 2024 as the new launch date for GOES-U to allow repair and testing of a Falcon Heavy core booster after a liquid oxygen leak was identified in February 2024.

The GOES-U satellite is the fourth and final satellite in NOAA's GOES-R Series and is designed to operate in geostationary orbit approximately 22,236 miles above Earth's equator.

Falcon Heavy will launch GOES-U from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA and SpaceX targeted no earlier than May 2024 for the GOES-U launch after a liquid oxygen leak was discovered during routine new booster testing in February 2024.

During acoustic testing GOES-U endured sound pressure levels of 138.4 decibels to simulate launch environments.

GOES-U was shipped from Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado to NASA Kennedy Space Center and Astrotech in Florida aboard a Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft on January 23, 2024.