The countdown has resumed as scheduled for the GOES-R launch today. Engineers are beginning the preparations to load cryogenic propellants into the Atlas V rocket.
T-2 Hours and Counting
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The countdown has resumed as scheduled for the GOES-R launch today. Engineers are beginning the preparations to load cryogenic propellants into the Atlas V rocket.
The launch team completed its polls confirming they are reading to begin loading supercold propellants – known as cryogenics – into the Atlas V rocket and its Centaur upper stage. The countdown is in a planned hold at T-2 hours, but everything is on schedule for liftoff at 5:42 p.m. EST. The launch window extends …
With less than three hours before the liftoff of the Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-R satellite into orbit, the launch teams at Cape Canaveral, Florida, are working through a detailed timeline of tasks and checks to make everything goes smoothly. Today’s weather forecast improved to a 100 percent chance of acceptable conditions for launch. …
Good afternoon from Florida’s Space Coast! It is launch day for NOAA’s GOES-R satellite, the most sophisticated meteorological spacecraft of its kind, and the launch teams are proceeding toward an on-time liftoff at 5:42 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the GOES-R satellite into geostationary …
Preparation for Cygnus Unberth and Release: The crew completed configuring the Cygnus and the Node 1 vestibule in preparation for Cygnus departure on Monday, November 21st. Today’s task included removing Intermodule Ventilation and Power/Data Jumpers, installing the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) Center Disk Cover and four CBM Controller Panel Assemblies (CPAs) onto an Active CBM …
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and its GOES-R payload were moved to the pad today as preparations continue for Saturday’s launch from Space Launch Complex 41. The Atlas V is in its 541 configuration, which means it has the 5-meter-diameter payload fairing, four solid-fueled boosters and the Centaur upper stage is equipped with …
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has been rolled to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 and everything is progressing toward the launch of NOAA’s GOES-R spacecraft on Saturday at 5:42 p.m. EST. Weather forecasters from the Air Force 45th Weather Squadron continue to call for a 90 percent chance of favorable weather for the …
Take an in-depth look at the upcoming mission of NOAA’s GOES-R and the help it will provide to weather forecasters as they track everything from daily conditions to large hurricanes and other storms. The GOES-R spacecraft carries sensors far more advanced than those used now. Launch is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19, at 5:42 p.m. …
49 Soyuz (49S) Launch: 49S launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 2:20 pm CST this afternoon, with Peggy Whitson, Thomas Pesquet, and Oleg Novitskiy. Docking is scheduled for Saturday, November 19th at 4:01 pm CST. Once docked, the ISS crew complement will increase from 3 to 6 crewmembers. Human Research Facility (HRF) Software Upgrades: …
The Soyuz MS-03 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 3:20 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 17 (2:20 a.m. Baikonur time, Nov. 18). At the time of launch, the space station was flying about 250 miles over the south Atlantic east of Argentina. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Oleg Novitskiy of …