The US space agency,NASAhas successfully launched next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-T) was launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It has been confirmed that the spacecraft’s solar arrays were successfully placed, and the spacecraft is now operating on its power.
The satellite is named asGOES-T. Once the satellite gets positioned in its geostationary orbit it will be renamed from GOES-T toGOES-18. GOES-T will be used by theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)to forecast weather and hazardous environmental conditions in the Western Hemisphere.
