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On November 10, 2021, the GOES-T satellite arrived in Florida for final
preparations for its upcoming launch.

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Shipping a satellite is no small feat.

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GOES-T is the size of a small school bus and weights over 6,000 pounds!

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The spacecraft team at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado, where GOES-T was built

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carefully packed the satellite in a special shipping container that protected its sensitive

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instruments and functioned as a miniature clean room during transport.

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GOES-T was transported to Buckley Space Force Base, where it hitched a ride aboard

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 a C-5 Super Galaxy transport to Kennedy Space Center.

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After landing at Kennedy, the satellite was taken to Astrotech Space Operations

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where it was removed from its container, inspected, and placed onto a test stand.

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GOES-T will now undergo final preparations for a planned March 1, 2022

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launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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When GOES-T reaches orbit, it will be renamed GOES-18.

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After the instruments and systems are checked out, the satellite will go into

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operation in the GOES West position, replacing GOES-17.

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In the GOES West position, GOES-18 will watch over the U.S. West Coast,

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Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, Central America and the Pacific Ocean.

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There it will detect and monitor weather systems and environmental hazards such as

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wildfires, atmospheric rivers, coastal fog, dust storms, and volcanic eruptions.

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Additionally, GOES-18 will monitor the sun for solar eruptions and detect space weather

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that can disrupt communications, GPS signals, and power utilities on Earth.

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Stay tuned as GOES-T prepares for its journey to geostationary orbit.

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Earth from Orbit: GOES-T Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

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Additional b-roll footage courtesy of Lockheed Martin.

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SUVI imagery courtesy of CIRES.

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NASA Meatball

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