{"id":9771,"date":"2010-02-23T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nasa-sets-coverage-for-goes-p-weather-satellite-launch-march-2\/"},"modified":"2010-02-23T08:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T08:57:00","slug":"nasa-sets-coverage-for-goes-p-weather-satellite-launch-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/nasa-sets-coverage-for-goes-p-weather-satellite-launch-march-2.php","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Coverage For Goes-P Weather Satellite Launch March 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P<\/span>, or GOES-P<\/span>, is scheduled for launch aboard a Delta IV rocket on Tuesday, March 2, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The one-hour launch window extends from 6:19 to 7:19 p.m. EST.

GOES-P<\/span> will provide expanded capability for space and solar environment-monitoring instruments<\/span>. The satellite will enhance forecasts and warnings for solar disturbances. GOES-P data will help protect billions of dollars in investments by the government and private sector for assets on the ground and in space.<\/p>

GOES-P<\/span> will feature a highly stable pointing platform that will improve the performance of its Imager and Sounder, instruments used for creating daily weather-prediction models and hurricane forecasting. Data from GOES-P<\/span> will be valuable for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service<\/span>, which provides oceanographic circulation models and forecasts for U.S. coastal communities.<\/p>

As with all of NOAA<\/span>'s geostationary and polar-orbiting weather satellites, GOES-P will be able to relay distress signals detected from emergency locator beacons on the ground and at sea in support of the international search and rescue system. NASA<\/a>'s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/span> in Greenbelt, Md., was responsible for designing and developing the spacecraft and its instruments for NOAA<\/span>.<\/p>

GOES-P<\/span> is the last of three in the series of geostationary weather and environmental satellites built for NASA<\/span> by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems<\/span>. The spacecraft will be checked out by Goddard and Boeing before being turned over to NOAA <\/span>for operational use.<\/p>

NASA will provide television, Internet and photo coverage of the launch starting with a prelaunch news conference at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 1, at NASA's Kennedy Space Centers<\/span> Press Site.<\/p>

Participating in the March 1 prelaunch news conference will be:
- Steve Kirkner, NOAA GOES Program manager, NOAA Satellite and Information Service
- Kris Walsh, Commercial Programs manager, United Launch Alliance
- Hieu Lam, Delta Commercial Program manager, Boeing Launch Services
- Andre Dress, GOES Deputy Project manager, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
- Charlie Maloney, GOES N-P Program manager, Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems
- Bart Hagemeyer, meteorologist in charge, NOAA National Weather Service forecast office, Melbourne, Fla.
- Joel Tumbiolo, Delta IV launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station<\/p>

NASA Television<\/span> will carry the prelaunch news conference and launch day coverage live. On March 2 NASA TV<\/span> countdown coverage will begin at 4 p.m., and will conclude 30 minutes after liftoff. For NASA TV<\/span> downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:
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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ntv<\/a><\/span> <\/p>

Audio only of the prelaunch news conference and the launch coverage will be carried on the NASA \"V\" <\/span>circuits which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, - 1240, -1260 and -7135. On launch day, \"Mission Audio,\" the launch conductor's countdown activities without NASA TV<\/span> launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135 starting at noon. Launch also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz heard within Brevard County.

Live countdown coverage on NASA's launch blog<\/span> begins at 4 p.m. on March 2. Coverage features real-time updates of countdown milestones, as well as streaming video and a podcast of launch. To access these features, visit NASA's GOES-P mission<\/span> Web site at:
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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goes-p<\/a>
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Reporters attending the NASA prelaunch<\/span> media briefing who also plan to cover launch may request accreditation by going to:<\/span><\/div>

https:\/\/media.ksc.nasa.gov<\/a>
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The Kennedy Space Center Badging Office on SR-405<\/span> is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. For those needing credentials, more information about accreditation is available by contacting Laurel Lichtenberger at 321-867-4036<\/span>.

For more information about the GOES-P launch<\/span>, contact the NASA News Center<\/span> at Kennedy at 321-867-2468 <\/span>or visit:
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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/kennedy<\/a><\/span> <\/p>

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