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June 16th 09, 10:38 PM
June 16, 2009
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
Cynthia O'Carroll
Goddard Space Flight Center, Md.
301-286-4647
MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-109
NASA SETS COVERAGE FOR GOES-O LAUNCH ON JUNE 26
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite-O, or GOES-O, is scheduled for a liftoff on Friday, June
26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The one-hour
launch window extends from 6:14 to 7:14 p.m. EDT. GOES-O is the
second of three in the current series of geostationary weather and
environmental satellites.
NASA will provide television, Internet and photo coverage of the
launch starting with a prelaunch news conference at 1 p.m. on
Thursday, June 25, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center news center.
Participants in the June 25 prelaunch news conference will be:
- Gary Davis, director, Office of Systems Development, NOAA Satellite
and Information Service, Suitland, Md.
- Andre Dress, GOES-O deputy project manager, Goddard Space Flight
Center
- Bart Hagemeyer, meteorologist in charge, NOAA National Weather
Service forecast office, Melbourne, Fla.
- Ken Heinly, director, launch products and services, Boeing Launch
Services, Huntington Beach, Calif.
- Charlie Maloney, GOES-O program manager, Boeing Space and
Intelligence Systems, Seal Beach, Calif.
- Joel Tumbiolo, Delta IV launch weather officer, 45th Weather
Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Kris Walsh, Commercial
Programs manager, United Launch Alliance, Houston
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., was responsible
for designing and developing the GOES-O spacecraft and its
instruments for NOAA. Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems built
GOES-O for NASA. It will be launched into orbit for NASA aboard a
United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket procured by Boeing Launch
Services.
NASA Television will carry the prelaunch news conference on the
public
channel. On launch day, June 26, NASA TV countdown coverage will
begin on the media channel at 4 p.m. and will conclude 30 minutes
after liftoff. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links
to streaming video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Audio only of the prelaunch news conference and the launch coverage
will be carried on the NASA "V" 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
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.
Prelaunch and launch day coverage of the GOES-O mission will be
available on the NASA Web site at:
http://www.nasa.gov
Live countdown coverage on NASA's launch blog begins at 4 p.m. on
June
26. Coverage features real-time updates of countdown milestones, as
well as streaming video and podcast of launch. For more information,
visit
http://www.nasa.gov/goes-o
For further information about GOES-O's launch coverage, contact the
Kennedy Space Center news center at 321-867-2468.
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Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
Cynthia O'Carroll
Goddard Space Flight Center, Md.
301-286-4647
MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-109
NASA SETS COVERAGE FOR GOES-O LAUNCH ON JUNE 26
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite-O, or GOES-O, is scheduled for a liftoff on Friday, June
26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The one-hour
launch window extends from 6:14 to 7:14 p.m. EDT. GOES-O is the
second of three in the current series of geostationary weather and
environmental satellites.
NASA will provide television, Internet and photo coverage of the
launch starting with a prelaunch news conference at 1 p.m. on
Thursday, June 25, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center news center.
Participants in the June 25 prelaunch news conference will be:
- Gary Davis, director, Office of Systems Development, NOAA Satellite
and Information Service, Suitland, Md.
- Andre Dress, GOES-O deputy project manager, Goddard Space Flight
Center
- Bart Hagemeyer, meteorologist in charge, NOAA National Weather
Service forecast office, Melbourne, Fla.
- Ken Heinly, director, launch products and services, Boeing Launch
Services, Huntington Beach, Calif.
- Charlie Maloney, GOES-O program manager, Boeing Space and
Intelligence Systems, Seal Beach, Calif.
- Joel Tumbiolo, Delta IV launch weather officer, 45th Weather
Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station - Kris Walsh, Commercial
Programs manager, United Launch Alliance, Houston
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., was responsible
for designing and developing the GOES-O spacecraft and its
instruments for NOAA. Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems built
GOES-O for NASA. It will be launched into orbit for NASA aboard a
United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket procured by Boeing Launch
Services.
NASA Television will carry the prelaunch news conference on the
public
channel. On launch day, June 26, NASA TV countdown coverage will
begin on the media channel at 4 p.m. and will conclude 30 minutes
after liftoff. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links
to streaming video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Audio only of the prelaunch news conference and the launch coverage
will be carried on the NASA "V" 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
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.
Prelaunch and launch day coverage of the GOES-O mission will be
available on the NASA Web site at:
http://www.nasa.gov
Live countdown coverage on NASA's launch blog begins at 4 p.m. on
June
26. Coverage features real-time updates of countdown milestones, as
well as streaming video and podcast of launch. For more information,
visit
http://www.nasa.gov/goes-o
For further information about GOES-O's launch coverage, contact the
Kennedy Space Center news center at 321-867-2468.
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