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At that point there will be a brief burn of the second-stage engine, followed by another short coast phase.

The GOES-P spacecraft will reach its precise spot in Earth orbit and separate from the second stage about four hours and 20 minutes after launch. Once in orbit, its name will change to GOES-15. It will be ready for activation after a five-month checkout period.]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:24:45 GMT Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:21:11 GMT Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:09:57 GMT Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:07:39 GMT
This first burn of the second-stage engine will continue for about seven more minutes, and then cut off. But that same engine has two more burns coming up, so it will not separate from the spacecraft just yet.]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:02:24 GMT Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:01:57 GMT Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:48 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:59:00 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:58:54 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:58:44 GMT
Stand by for liftoff!]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:55:33 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:53:19 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:52:09 GMT
Stand by for release of the T-5 minute hold.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:49:50 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:44:47 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:35:52 GMT
The alarms heard earlier have been investigated and the anomaly team determined they were a result of a data glitch.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:33:44 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:28:11 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:17:57 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:14:40 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:12:12 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:03:15 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:01:37 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:57:07 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:52:55 GMT
Like its predecessors, GOES-P also is equipped to relay communications and provide life-saving rescue data from boats and aircraft in distress. An imager, sounder, space environment monitor and solar X-ray imager round out the spacecraft's suite of instruments.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:48:53 GMT
Tumbiolo still predicts only a five percent chance of weather preventing launch. "We're 'green' on all constraints," he told launch managers.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:43:17 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:36:36 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:17:51 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:12:26 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:00:50 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:58:48 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:52:41 GMT
The vehicle on the launch pad today is a Delta IV M+ (4,2) configuration, which simply means it's a "medium-plus" class vehicle with a four-meter-wide payload fairing and two solid rocket motors attached to the first stage. GOES-N launched in 2006 and GOES-O followed in 2009, both riding into space on the same variation of the Delta IV.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:47:15 GMT
Additionally, the fueling process is verified complete. So we have a fully fueled rocket on the pad.

Upper-level winds have gone "red," or "no-go," but it's possible to adjust the Delta IV's flight profile to respond to those winds. In that case, the Eastern Range could go back to "green."]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:42:36 GMT
Earth and space weather observations from GOES satellites help save lives and protect assets.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:26:29 GMT
Atop the first stage is the smaller second stage and its RL-10 engine, which runs on the same propellant combination as the first stage. The GOES-P spacecraft is sealed inside the pointed payload fairing above the second stage.

Propellant loading began earlier in the countdown and soon will be complete.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:21:09 GMT
Because the GOES spacecraft are stationed in geosynchronous Earth orbit, they're able to stay above the same place on the planet's surface, monitoring continuously for severe weather and tracking other environmental details, such as land and sea temperatures, climate patterns, ice fields and more.

But there's more to these satellites than their Earth-watching capabilities. They also monitor space weather -- the environment around our planet. More on that coming up.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:10:55 GMT
There are no spacecraft or rocket issues being reported by the launch team, and for weather, the Eastern Range is "green," or "go," across the board.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:05:05 GMT
Here at the Cape, countdown clocks are approaching T-2 hours and counting and prelaunch activities are going very smoothly. Launch managers and controllers have been stationed at their consoles inside the Delta Operations Center since 12:30 p.m. Representatives of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, NOAA, Boeing Launch Services and United Launch Alliance are following the countdown from the Mission Director's Center at nearby Hangar AE. The blog console is across the hall in the Launch Vehicle Data Center, where we're listening to the launch team's communication channels and bringing updates to you as the countdown moves forward.]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:00:39 GMT Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:56:21 GMT Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:04:27 GMT