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| image = GOES-T. |
| image = GOES-T bus formed.jpg |
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| mission_type = [[Weather]] and [[Meteorology]] |
| mission_type = [[Weather]] and [[Meteorology]] |
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The "brains" and "body" of the GOES-T satellite are merged.
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| Mission type | Weather and Meteorology | ||||||||||||||
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| Operator | NOAA / NASA | ||||||||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 2022-021A  | ||||||||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 51850 | ||||||||||||||
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) | ||||||||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||
| Spacecraft | GOES | ||||||||||||||
| Spacecraft type | GOES-R Series | ||||||||||||||
| Bus | LM-A2100A | ||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin | ||||||||||||||
| Launch mass | 5,192 kg (11,446 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Dry mass | 2,857 kg (6,299 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 6.1 × 5.6 × 3.9 m (20 × 18 × 13 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Power | 4kW | ||||||||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||||||||
| Launch date | 1 March 2022, 21:38 UTC (planned) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Rocket | Atlas V 541 | ||||||||||||||
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, SLC-41 | ||||||||||||||
| Contractor | United Launch Alliance | ||||||||||||||
| Entered service | 15 March 2022 (planned) | ||||||||||||||
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| Reference system | Geocentric orbit | ||||||||||||||
| Regime | Geostationary orbit | ||||||||||||||
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GOES-T is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the actual generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), giving sequence to the GOES system. The current and next satellites of the Series (GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-T, and GOES-U) will extend the availability of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite system until 2037. The satellite is built by Lockheed MartininLittleton, Colorado. It is based on the A2100A satellite bus and will have an expected useful life of 15 years (10 operational after five years in orbit replacement).[2]
The GOES-R Series also continues the legacy Geostationary SAR (GEOSAR) function of the SARSAT system onboard NOAA's GOES satellites which has contributed to the rescue of thousands of individuals in distress. The GOES-R Series SARSAT transponder operates with a lower uplink power than the previous system, enabling GOES-R Series satellites to detect weaker beacon signals.
In May 2018, NOAA announced that the recently launched GOES-17 satellite was suffering from a severe malfunction in its instrument cooling system which resulted in degraded performance of its infrared sensors. The cause of the problem was determined to be with the loop heat pipe (LHP), which transports heat from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) to a radiator for rejection into space. Since the LHP design was shared among all four GOES-R Series satellites, a redesign was required to prevent the anomaly from happening again on GOES-T and GOES-U. Lockheed Martin had already completed assembly of GOES-T and had to remove the ABI instrument in October 2018 and ship it to its manufacturer, Harris Corporation, to be rebuilt.[3][nb 1]
The satellite was planned to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida, United States.[4] Because of the repairs to correct the loop heat pipe problem, the GOES-T launch date slipped. As of November 2021, the launch date is scheduled for 1 March 2022.[1]
GOES-T is planned to have a mass of 2,800 kg (6,200 lb).[5] The NOAA announced plans to move the geostationary weather satellite into an operational role "as soon as possible" by spending two weeks ensuring GOES-T systems perform as expected before moving it into an operational role.[6]
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