There, it will join three aging spacecraft with 40-year-old technology, and become known as GOES-16. The satellite, valued by NOAA at $1 billion, is aiming for a 22,300-mile-high equatorial orbit.
NOAA teamed up with NASA for the mission.
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The first in a series of four high-tech satellites, GOES-R hitched a ride on an unmanned Atlas V rocket, delayed an hour by rocket and other problems. NASA declared success 3 1/2 hours after liftoff, following separation from the upper stage. Improved forecasting will help pilots avoid bad weather and help rocket scientists know when to call off a launch. "That also will mean more lives saved and better environmental intelligence" for government officials responsible for hurricane and other evacuations.Īirline passengers also stand to benefit, as do rocket launch teams. "For the American public, that will mean faster, more accurate weather forecasts and warnings," Volz said earlier in the week. "Really a quantum leap above any satellite NOAA has ever flown," said Stephen Volz, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's director of satellites. Super high-definition TV, versus black-and-white.
Think superhero speed and accuracy for forecasting. In the case of tornadoes, "if we can give people another 10, 15, 20 minutes, we're talking about lives being saved."Ĭell phones light up the beaches of Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach, Florida as spectators watch the launch of the NOAA GOES-R weather satellite (AP image). "What's so exciting is that we're going to be getting more data, more often, much more detailed, higher resolution," Roker said.
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Indeed, about 50 TV meteorologists from around the country converged on the launch site including NBC's Al Roker along with 8,000 space program workers and guests. This new GOES-R spacecraft will track US weather as never before: hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, volcanic ash clouds, wildfires, lightning storms, even solar flares. CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA: The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space on Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to revolutionize forecasting and save lives.
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