Jacques van Oene
August 12th 05, 09:17 PM
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
Cynthia O'Carroll
Goddard Space Flight Center
(Phone: 301/286-4647)
MEDIA ADVISORY: 82-05
GOES-N PRELAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE SET FOR AUG. 13
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) to be
launched into orbit for NASA aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket will be
the focus of a prelaunch press conference to be held on Saturday,
Aug. 13. The event will start at 1 p.m. EDT at the NASA Kennedy Space
Center Press Site.
GOES-N, currently scheduled for launch on Sunday, Aug. 14, is the
first of three new geostationary weather and environmental satellites
built for NASA by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. GOES-N will
feature a highly stable pointing platform, which will improve the
performance of its Imager and Sounder that are important instruments
for creating daily weather-prediction models and for hurricane
forecasting. Data from GOES-N will be valuable for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service,
which provides oceanographic circulation models and forecasts for
U.S. coastal communities.
GOES-N will also provide expanded capability for the space and solar
environment-monitoring instruments. Forecasts and warnings for solar
disturbances will be enhanced. This will protect investments of
billions of dollars by the government and private sector for assets
on the ground and in space.
As with all of NOAA's geostationary and polar-orbiting weather
satellites, GOES-N will also be able to relay distress signals
detected from emergency locator beacons on the ground and at sea.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is responsible for
designing and developing the spacecraft and its instruments for NOAA.
Participating in the prelaunch press conference will be:
Tom Wrublewski, GOES-N NASA Project Liaison
NOAA
Rick Navarro, Delta IV Launch Director
Boeing Expendable Launch Systems
Mark Spiwak, NASA and NOAA Programs Director
Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems
David Mitchell, NASA GOES-N Project Manager
Goddard Space Flight Center
Bart Hagemeyer, Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service, Melbourne, Fla.
Joel Tumbiolo, Delta Launch Weather Officer
45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
The NASA News Center at KSC will open at 12 noon on Saturday, Aug. 13
for the GOES-N Prelaunch Press Conference.
NASA Television will carry the prelaunch press conference beginning at
1 p.m. EDT. Audio of the conference will be carried on the NASA "V"
circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321/867-1260 or
321/867-7135.
GOES-N is currently scheduled for launch on Sunday, Aug. 14, during a
34-minute launch window that extends from 6:31 to 7:05 p.m. EDT.
For further information, contact the KSC News Center at 321/867-2468.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
Cynthia O'Carroll
Goddard Space Flight Center
(Phone: 301/286-4647)
MEDIA ADVISORY: 82-05
GOES-N PRELAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE SET FOR AUG. 13
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) to be
launched into orbit for NASA aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket will be
the focus of a prelaunch press conference to be held on Saturday,
Aug. 13. The event will start at 1 p.m. EDT at the NASA Kennedy Space
Center Press Site.
GOES-N, currently scheduled for launch on Sunday, Aug. 14, is the
first of three new geostationary weather and environmental satellites
built for NASA by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. GOES-N will
feature a highly stable pointing platform, which will improve the
performance of its Imager and Sounder that are important instruments
for creating daily weather-prediction models and for hurricane
forecasting. Data from GOES-N will be valuable for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service,
which provides oceanographic circulation models and forecasts for
U.S. coastal communities.
GOES-N will also provide expanded capability for the space and solar
environment-monitoring instruments. Forecasts and warnings for solar
disturbances will be enhanced. This will protect investments of
billions of dollars by the government and private sector for assets
on the ground and in space.
As with all of NOAA's geostationary and polar-orbiting weather
satellites, GOES-N will also be able to relay distress signals
detected from emergency locator beacons on the ground and at sea.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is responsible for
designing and developing the spacecraft and its instruments for NOAA.
Participating in the prelaunch press conference will be:
Tom Wrublewski, GOES-N NASA Project Liaison
NOAA
Rick Navarro, Delta IV Launch Director
Boeing Expendable Launch Systems
Mark Spiwak, NASA and NOAA Programs Director
Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems
David Mitchell, NASA GOES-N Project Manager
Goddard Space Flight Center
Bart Hagemeyer, Meteorologist in Charge
National Weather Service, Melbourne, Fla.
Joel Tumbiolo, Delta Launch Weather Officer
45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
The NASA News Center at KSC will open at 12 noon on Saturday, Aug. 13
for the GOES-N Prelaunch Press Conference.
NASA Television will carry the prelaunch press conference beginning at
1 p.m. EDT. Audio of the conference will be carried on the NASA "V"
circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321/867-1260 or
321/867-7135.
GOES-N is currently scheduled for launch on Sunday, Aug. 14, during a
34-minute launch window that extends from 6:31 to 7:05 p.m. EDT.
For further information, contact the KSC News Center at 321/867-2468.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info