In space news this week, Northrop Grumman announced a successful launch of a geostationary satellite abord a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.  These four 63-inch diameter Graphite Epoxy solid rocket boosters provide about 1.5 million pounds of thrust for the rockets initial launch sequence. (Northrop Grumman, 2022)  The launch deployed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-T Satellite.

           This satellite will monitor weather on earth and in space.  The GOES-T mission is a follow-on of the GOES-R program which is a collaborative effort between NOAA and NASA.  NASA builds and launches the satellites for NOAA, which operates them and distributes their data to users worldwide.  This satellite imager provides images of weather patterns, hurricanes, and severe storms every 30 seconds or so.  It also detects approaching space weather hazards such as disruption of power utilities, communication and navigation systems, as well as radiation damage to other orbiting satellites.

           This new satellite will monitor critical data over the northeastern Pacific Ocean, where many of the weather systems affecting the United States originate.  It will also have fire detection monitoring with intensity estimation as well as detecting low clouds and fog and hurricane tracking and intensity forecasts.   There is also a suite of instruments that will provide imaging of the sun and detection of solar flares as well as a magnetometer that will measure energetic particles and the magnetic fields that are associated with space weather. (National Environmental Satellite Data and information Service, 2021)

 

 

Works Cited

National Environmental Satellite Data and information Service. (2021, 11). NOAA. Retrieved from Geostationary Satellites: https://www.goes-r.gov/education/docs/2021_GOES-T_MissionOverviewFS.pdf

Northrop Grumman. (2022, March 2). Northrop Grumman GEM 63 Solid Rocket Boosters Help Successfully Launch GOES-T Satellite aboard a ULA Atlas V Rocket. Retrieved from Norhtrop Grumman Newsroom: https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-gem-63-solid-rocket-boosters-help-successfully-launch-goes-t-satellite-aboard-a-ula-atlas-v-rocket

 



    

 

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  1. EricaMarch 12, 2022 at 10:28 AM

    After reading your summary, I find myself curious about the specific data that will be collected, ect. that you touched on. Maybe next time try to dig a little deeper for those specifics to round out your summary a bit more.

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