GOES U
6/25/2024
L3Harris delivered the fourth Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) to be integrated into the GOES-U satellite for NOAA.
GOES-U completed pre-launch acoustics testing at Lockheed Martin Space's Littleton, Colorado facility on March 30, 2023.
GOES-U completed thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing at Lockheed Martin Space's Littleton, Colorado facility on November 21, 2022.
NASA awarded a $152,500,000 contract to SpaceX for a Falcon Heavy launch of the GOES-U spacecraft.
NASA awarded a contract in September for GOES-U to launch on a Falcon Heavy in April 2024.
L3Harris delivered its fourth Advanced Baseline Imager to NASA in late 2021 for integration into GOES-U.
GOES-U, the final satellite in the GOES-R series of advanced geostationary weather sensors, is slated to launch in 2024 and features L3Harris’ fourth ABI.
L3Harris Technologies’ Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is set to launch on 2024-06-25 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida onboard NOAA’s GOES-U satellite.