NOAA to Move GOES into Position Over Western United States Written 26 January 2022
Artist's rendering of GOES-R. | NASA
Space News reports that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) “will move its next Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) weather satellite into position over the Western United States soon after launch to speed up data delivery to the National Weather Service.” After the GOES-18 satellite is deployed into geostationary transfer orbit, “the satellite will spend about three weeks moving to geostationary orbit.”
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