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>> HELLO.
I'M TYLER GREEN WITH NASA'S
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS.
TODAY, WE'RE COUNTING DOWN THE
LAUNCH OF THE GEOSTATIONARY
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SATELLITE T KNOWN AS GOES-T.
THE LATEST SATELLITE IN NOAA'S
GOES SERIES, IT IS SCHEDULED
TO LAUNCH TUESDAY MARCH 1 AND
ADVANCED WEATHER AND
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
SYSTEM SATELLITE.
TO TELL US MORE ABOUT GOES-T
TODAY, WE HAVE DR. DAN
LINDSEY, NOAA'S GOES-R
SCIENTIST, CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR
OF NOAA'S CENTER FOR SATELLITE
DATA ASSIMILATION WHO WILL
JOIN US VIRTUALLY.
CANDACE CARLISLE AT NASA'S
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER,
THE LIGHTNING MAPPER SCIENCE
LEAD AT LOCKHEED MARTIN AND
DR. DANIEL GALL, CHIEF SYSTEMS
ENGINEER AT L-3 HARRIS
TECHNOLOGIES.
WELCOME TO EVERYONE.
WE'LL FIRST HEAR FROM EACH OF
OUR SPEAKERS AND TAKE LIVE
QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA.
WE WILL ALSO BE TAKING
QUESTIONS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA,
YOU CAN SUBMIT A QUESTION NOW
FOR US TO ASK LATER BY USING
THE #READY TO GOES.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO DR. DAN LINDSEY TO
KICK US OFF.
>> THANK YOU, TYLER, THE
WEATHER AND SCIENCE
COMMUNITIES ARE EXCITED TO
WORK WITH GOES-T.
IT WILL BE MOVED TO
GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT AND
RENAMED TO GOES-18.
IT WILL BE PLACED AT THE
LONGITUDE OF 89.5 WEST WHERE
IT WILL BEGIN POST LAUNCH TEST
AND CONTINUE THAT TESTING FOR
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN IN
MAY, IT WILL BE DRIFTED OVER
TO THE WEST POSITION,
APPROXIMATELY 137 WEST, WHICH
IS OVER THE EAST PACIFIC
OCEAN, WHERE IT WILL CONTINUE
THE POST LAUNCH TEST THERE.
THEN, IN EARLY 2023, THE
CURRENT PLAN IS FOR GOES-18 TO
REPLACE GOES-17 AS THE
OPERATIONAL GOES WEST
SATELLITE.
I'M GOING TO SPEND A COUPLE
MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE
APPLICATIONS THAT GOES-18 IN
THE WEST POSITION CAN PROVIDE.
CAN YOU PLEASE CUE THE VIDEO.
THE FIRST APPLICATION IS FIRE
DETECTION.
IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE
HERE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT FIRE
HOTSPOTS.
THOSE ARE THE RED AND YELLOW
AREAS.
WE'RE ABLE TO DETECT THAT WITH
THE GOES WEST ADVANCED
BASELINE IMAGER AND ABLE TO
DETECT THE SMOKE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT, AS WE KNOW
WE'VE HAD VERY ACTIVE WILDFIRE
SEASONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE
WESTERN UNITED STATES.
FORECASTERS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGERS ARE ABLE TO USE THIS
DATA TO DETECT THE HOT SPOTS
AND WARN THE FIREFIGHTERS AND
THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHERE THE
FIRE IS, AND ALSO WHERE THE
SMOKE IS GOING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRACK THE
SMOKE, KEEP TRACK OF THAT FOR
AIR QUALITY AND OTHER
POTENTIAL HAZARDS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT APPLICATION
IS AVIATION, AND THERE ARE
SEVERAL THINGS IMPORTANT FOR
AVIATION, ONE OF WHICH ARE
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.
THIS EXAMPLE IS FROM THE TONGA
ERUPTION WHICH OCCURRED JUST
OVER A MONTH AGO IN
MID-JANUARY.
LOOKING AT DATA FROM GOES-17.
IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING
AT AN EXAMPLE CALLED THE
SULFUR DIOXIDE RGB, WE'RE ABLE
TO TRACK THE DANGEROUS
PARTICULATES FROM ASSOCIATED
AEROSOLS FROM THE PLUME.
THE YELLOW AREA.
THE MAP ON THIS PARTICULAR
IMAGE IS THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
IF YOU HAVE TAKEN A FLIGHT
FROM THE EASTERN U.S. TO ASIA,
YOU LIKELY PASSED THIS AREA.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR WARNING
PILOTS WHERE THE ASH AND THE
SO-2 IS LOCATED SO THEY ARE
ABLE TO STEER THE PILOTS AWAY
FROM THE DANGEROUS AREAS.
LAST APPLICATION IS LIGHTNING,
WE HAVE THE GEOSTATIONARY
LIGHTNING MAPPER.
THIS EXAMPLE IS NEAR HAWAII.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS DATA
FROM THE ABI OR GLM OVERLAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE AND WHITE
FLASHES AS THE LIGHTNING.
SAY YOU'RE ON A PLANE TAKING
OFF FROM HAWAII HEADED TO THE
U.S., THE PILOTS NEED TO AVOID
THE THUNDERSTORMS BECAUSE
THEY'RE DANGEROUS, AND SAME
THING FOR BOATS, YOU DON'T
WANT TO TAKE A BOAT OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF A THUNDERSTORM.
WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT BACK
OVER TO TYLER.
>> THANK YOU, DAN FOR THAT
OVERVIEW.
SO AS I'VE MENTIONED, GOES-T
WILL BE THE THIRD SATELLITE IN
THE GOES SERIES.
NOW DR. JIM YO, WHO WILL TELL
US HOW GOES-T WILL IMPROVE
WEATHER FORECASTS AND BUILD ON
GOES-16 AND 17.
>> THANK YOU, TYLER.
AS THE OPERATIONAL GOES WEB
SATELLITE, GOES-T WILL BE
VITAL FOR GOALS, HELPING SAVE
LIVES, PROTECT PROPERTIES AND
OTHER RESOURCES.
GOES-T WILL IMPROVE THE NOAA
WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECASTERS BY DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND
ASSIMILATE THE INTO THE
WEATHER MODELS, SINCE THEY
AFFECT THE MAJORITY OF WEATHER
SYSTEMS FROM THE UNITED STATES
MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST, THAT
MEANS GOES-T IS NOT ONLY GOING
TO IMPROVE WEATHER SITUATION
OVER THE WEST BUT INDEED THE
ENTIRE NATION.
THE GOES-T IMAGER AND
LIGHTNING MAPPER WILL BE USED
FOR FORECASTING WARNINGS
INCLUDING SEVERE WEATHER
SYSTEMS, HURRICANES AND
EASTERN PACIFIC, INCLUDING
THOSE NEAR HAWAII.
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS WHICH
BRINGS SIGNIFICANT RAIN TO
SNOWFALL AND RELATED HAZARDS
AS FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES TO
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND
WILDFIRES FROM THE IGNITION
THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND
INDEED TO THE AFTERMATH,
ENABLING US TO BETTER RESPOND
TO THE FIRES WITH THE
FIREFIGHTERS, EVACUATION, IF
NECESSARY, AND IN RECOVERY
EFFORTS.
FINALLY, GOES-T SPACE WEATHER
SENSORS PROVIDE OBSERVATIONS
TO DETECT AND PREPARE FOR
SOLAR STORMS THAT THREATEN
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE POWER GRID, OR
COMMUNICATIONS, NAVIGATION
SYSTEMS INCLUDING GPS,
AVIATION AND SPACE OPERATIONS
INCLUDING SPACE STATION
SATELLITES.
SO DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY,
GOES-T WILL HELP CITIZENS,
BUSINESSES AND LOCAL, STATE
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS BEFORE,
DURING AND AFTER HIGH-IMPACT
WEATHER AND OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS.
THAT'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
NOT JUST US SCIENTISTS AND
ENGINEERS.
AND HAND IT BACK TO YOU,
TYLER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NASA AND NOAA HAVE A
LONGSTANDING SUCCESSFUL
PARTNERSHIP IN EARTH
OBSERVATION.
NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM CANDACE
CARLISLE, GOES-R FLIGHT
PROJECT MANAGER AT NASA'S
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
ABOUT NASA'S ROLE IN THE
LAUNCH AND THE GOES-R PROGRAM.
>> NASA AND NOAA'S PARTNERSHIP
GOES BACK TO GOES-1 IN 1975,
ALL THE WAY THROUGH GOES-T
WHICH WILL BECOME GOES-18 AND
CONTINUING INTO THE FUTURE.
NASA GODDARD FLIGHT PROJECT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOES-T
SATELLITE AND INSTRUMENTS.
AN ANALOGY OF HOW THIS WORKS,
LET'S SAY, YOU WANT TO REMODEL
YOUR KITCHEN, AND YOUR SISTER
HAPPENS TO BE A GENERAL
CONTRACTOR.
SO SHE WORKS WITH YOU TO
DETERMINE WHAT YOU NEED,
BRINGS IN THE PLUMBERS,
ELECTRICIANS, MAYBE DOES
CABINETRY HERSELF, AND MAKES
SURE ALL OF THE COMPONENTS
WORK TOGETHER SO IN THE END
YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AND
FUNCTIONAL KITCHEN.
THIS IS A LOT LIKE HOW NASA
AND NOAA WORK TOGETHER.
PLEASE ROLL THE VIDEO THAT
SHOWS GOES-T TESTING,
TRANSPORTATION AND THE ATLAS V
ROCKET.
NASA GODDARD'S GOES-R
TEAMWORKS WITH NOAA TO
DETERMINE THE REQUIREMENTS AND
CONTRACTS WITH COMPANIES TO
PROVIDE THE SATELLITE AND
INSTRUMENTS AND OVERSEES THEIR
WORK.
LOCKHEED MARTIN PROVIDES THE
SATELLITE, THE GEOSTATIONARY
LIGHTNING MAPPER INSTRUMENT
AND THE SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET
IMAGER INSTRUMENT.
L-3 HARRIS PROVIDES THE
ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER, THE
LABORATORY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF COLORADO PROVIDES EXTREME
ULTRAVIOLET AND X-RAY SENSORS,
ACKNOWLEDGE CORPORATION
PROVIDES THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT
IN-SITU SUITE.
NASA BUILT THE MAGNETOMETER
FOR GOES-T INHOUSE.
GODDARD PARTNERS WITH NASA'S
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ON THE
LAUNCH DRIVEN.
THE GOES-R MISSION SUPPORT
TEAM COMPLETELY CHECKS OUT THE
SATELLITE ON ORBIT AND THEN
HANDS IT OVER TO NOAA FOR
OPERATIONS.
THE MISSION OPERATION SUPPORT
TEAM THEN PROVIDES ENGINEERING
SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF
THE MISSION.
GOES-T IS CURRENTLY MATED TO
THE ATLAS V ROCKET AT THE
UNITED LAUNCH VERTICAL
INTEGRATION FACILITY IN
FLORIDA.
THE GOES-T TEAM COMPLETED THE
INTEGRATED SYSTEM TEST AND
MISSION DRESS REHEARSAL THIS
WEEK, AND THE ROCKET WILL BE
ROLLING OUT TO THE PAD ON
MONDAY.
BACK TO YOU, TYLER.
>> AND NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
GEOSTATIONARY LIGHTNING
MAPPER.
WE'LL HEAD TO THE
GEOSTATIONARY LIGHTNING MAPPER
SCIENCE LEAD AT LOCKHEED
MARTIN.
>> BEYOND DESIGNING,
DELIVERING AND SUPPORTING THE
SATELLITES IN THE GOES SERIES.
LOCKHEED MARTIN BUILT TWO OF
THE SIX CORE INSTRUMENTS IN
THE SPACECRAFT.
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, THE
GEOSTATIONARY LIGHTNING MAPPER
GLM IS EARTH FACING AND THE
SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER SUVI
LOOKS AT SPACE AND SOLAR
WEATHER.
YOU CAN SEE GLM PICTURED HERE.
ADVANCED CENTER IN PALO ALTO
BUILT BOTH GLM AND SUVI
INSTRUMENTS, THE CENTER OFFERS
HIGH INSTRUMENT CAPABILITIES
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COMBINE
WITH DECADES OF EXPERTISE AND
DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF WEATHER
SATELLITES.
IN ADDITION THE CENTER HAS
PRODUCED INSTRUMENTS LIKE THE
PRIMARY INFRARED IMAGER NEAR
CAM ON THE JAMES WEBB SPACE
TELESCOPE AND CONTINUES TO
DEVELOP LEADING EDGE
INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGIES
FOR FUTURE MISSIONS.
TODAY, I WANT TO FOCUS ON GLM,
WHO BETTER THAN EVER LIGHTNING
DATA IS HELPING METEOROLOGISTS
MAKE MORE ACCURATE STORM
PREDICTIONS THAT LEAD TO
EARLIER EVACUATIONS AND LIVES
SAVED.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW
ADVANCED THIS INSTRUMENT IS,
GLM TAKES A NEW IMAGE EVERY
TWO MILLISECONDS OR 500 TIMES
A SECOND, WHICH IS A FRAME
RATE 20 TIMES FASTER THAN A
REGULAR VIDEO CAMERA.
HERE'S A VIDEO OF WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIES, WHICH YOU PROBABLY
HAVE SEEN CIRCULATING AROUND
SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE PAST FEW
MONTHS.
IT SHOWS A RECORD-BREAKING
MEGA FLASH OF LIGHTNING OVER
TEXAS.
WHAT MAKES GLM SO DIFFERENT
FROM PREVIOUS LIGHTNING
IMAGING TECHNOLOGY IS THE
WAVELENGTH THAT IT SEES 777.74
NANOMETERS.
THIS PARTICULAR WAVELENGTH OF
LIGHT IS EMITTED BY ATOMIC
OXYGEN THAT GETS EXCITED BY
EXTREME PRESSURES INSIDE A
LIGHTNING STRIKE.
WHILE IT IS INVISIBLE TO THE
HUMAN EYE, GLM IS SENSE IT.
GLM HAS THREE OPTICAL FILTERS
THAT CAST OUT ALL BUT A
NANOMETER SLICE OF SOLAR
GLARE.
IT CAN SEE LIGHT DURING THE
DAY WITHOUT CAPTURING EXCESS
LIGHT.
A FEAT MORE DAZZLING THAN
SEEING IT IN THE DARK AS SEEN
IN THE VIDEO.
IN THE FIRST WORKS OF
OPERATION, GOES-R COLLECTED
MORE DATA IN SPACE THAN
COLLECTED IN THE PAST 40
YEARS.
THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF
THIS DATA MEANS BETTER DETAILS
ON LIGHTNING STRIKES BEFORE
THE STORM FULLY EVOLVES WHICH
FORECASTERS USE TO PREDICT HOW
OR WHERE DANGEROUS WEATHER MAY
INTENSIFY.
WE'RE HONORED TO BRING THIS
GAME CHANGING DATA TO
FORECASTERS HELPING THEM SAVE
LIVES WHERE IT'S NEEDED MOST.
AS WE PROVE OUT TECHNOLOGIES
LIKE GLM ON THE GOES-R SERIES,
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO PARTNER WITH CUSTOMER ON
HOW WE CAN FURTHER USE THESE
TOOLS TO MEET THEIR FUTURE
NEEDS.
BACK TO YOU, TYLER.
>> ONE OF THE SATELLITE
COMPONENTS THAT WILL HELP
GOES-T DO ITS JOB IS THE
ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER OR
THE ABI.
ONLY FITTING THAT WE HEAR FROM
DR. DANIEL GALL, ABI SYSTEMS
ENGINEER AT L-3 HARRIS
TECHNOLOGIES.
>> THANKS.
I BROUGHT A LEGO MODEL OF THE
ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER OR
ABI.
PUT TOGETHER BY A COLLEAGUE OF
MINE AND HIS KIDS AND HE WAS
KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME BRING IT
ALONG ON THE TRIP.
IT IS LESS THAN SIX FEET TALL,
IT'S A LARGE INSTRUMENT.
ABI IS A MULTISPECTRAL IMAGER
THAT CONTINUOUSLY CAPTURES
IMAGES OF THE EARTH AT 16
SPECTRAL BANDS RANGING FROM
THE VISIBLE BLUE TO THERMAL
INFRARED WAVELENGTHS.
THIS PROVIDES THREE TIMES THE
SPECTRAL INFORMATION, FOUR
TIMES SPATIAL RESOLUTION AND
FIVE TIMES GOES-IMAGERS.
ABI WILL CAPTURE AN IMAGE OF
THE EARTH OR DISK EVERY TEN
MINUTES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY
CAPTURING STORM IMAGERY EVERY
30 SECONDS TO TRACK SEVERE
WEATHER EVENTS.
THESE IMAGES VERY PRECISELY
MONITOR THE AEFRMTH WITH THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BANDS
CHARACTERIZING TEMPERATURES ON
THE EARTH, FROM MORE THAN
22,000 MILES AWAY IN SPACE TO
ABSOLUTE ACCURACY OF BETTER
THAN ONE DEGREE KELVIN.
THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION ABI
PIXELS CAPTURE THE EQUIVALENT
OF HALF KILOMETER SQUARE ON
THE GROUND DIRECTLY BELOW THE
SATELLITE.
THIS MEANS THE ENTIRE IMAGE OF
EARTH IS NEARLY 500
MEGAPIXELS, WE HAVE A NICE
AWAY OF TV SCREENS PROVIDING
THE BACKDROP OF 18 SCREENS, IF
WE WANTED TO SHOW ABI IMAGE AT
FULL RESOLUTION, THAT WOULD
REQUIRE 60 4K TELEVISIONS TO
SHOW THE PICTURE.
IT GENERATES A HUGE AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION WITH NEARLY A
TERABYTE OF RAW UNCOMPRESSED
IMAGERY COLLECTED BY ABI.
THESE DATA ALONG WITH THE FIVE
OTHER DATA ABOARD THE
SPACECRAFT ARE DOWNLINKED,
PROCESSED AND SENT OUT TO
USERS TO A SYSTEM PROVIDED BY
L-3 HARRIS.
WHEN COUNTING THE GOES EAST
AND WEST SPACECRAFT PROCESSES
3 1/2 TERABYTES OF DATA EACH
AND EVERY DAY.
THE IMAGERY AND DATA ARE
COLLECTED WITH NEAR REALTIME
DELIVERED TO NOAA FORECASTERS
LESS THAN 30 SECONDS AFTER
COLLECTED ON ORBIT.
IN THIS VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE HOW
THE IMPROVED CAPABILITIES
PROVIDED BY ABI ON GOES 16 AND
17 ARE REVEALING MORE
INFORMATION THAN PREVIOUS
GENERATIONS.
AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE OTHER
PANELISTS, ABI IS USE FOR A
WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS
RELATED TO WEATHER, LAND AND
CLIMATE HAZARDS SUCH AS
VOLCANOES, HURRICANES AND
TORNADOES.
IT HAD A GREAT VIEW OF THE
2017 SOLAR ECLIPSE.
THE ABI IN CONCERT WITH THE
GROUND SYSTEM IS PUTTING
INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS OF
NOAA FORECASTERS FASTER THAN
EVER BEFORE TRULY MAKING IT A
GAME-CHANGER.
ONCE ON ORBIT, THE ABI WILL
BUILD ON THE LEGACY OF GOES-16
AND 17 ABI AND WE'RE EXCITED
TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
I'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU,
TYLER.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO
EACH OF OUR SPEAKERS.
NOW WE WILL TAKE LIVE
QUESTIONS FROM ANY MEDIA WHO
ARE ON THE LINE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK A
QUESTION, YOU CAN DO SO BY
PRESSING STAR 1.
AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'LL BE
TAKING QUESTIONS VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA.
YOU CAN SUBMIT A QUESTION FOR
US TO ASK BY USING THE #READY
TO GOES.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL KICK US
OFF, STARTED WITH THE FIRST
QUESTION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
IF IS FOR DR. LINDSEY.
WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THE
FIRST DATA AND IMAGES FROM
GOES-T?
>> THE FIRST IMAGES FROM
GOES-T THE PROBABLY BE
SOMETHING LIKE TWO TO THREE
MONTHS AFTER LAUNCH.
IT TAKES A WHILE TO REACH THE
GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT AND GET
THE INSTRUMENTS READY TO GO.
EXPECT THAT LATE MAY, EARLY
JUNE, ALONG THOSE LINES.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE THING WE HAVE HEARD, ONE
TERM WE HAVE HEARD COME UP
REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE
BRIEFING IS GEOSTATIONARY
ORBIT.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS
GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT, WHAT DOES
IT MEAN?
MAYBE START WITH DAN AND THEN
GO TO JIM?
>> SURE, SO GEOSTATIONARY
ORBIT IS A SPECIAL ORBIT, SUCH
THAT THE SPACECRAFT IS A
LITTLE OVER 22,000 MILES ABOVE
THE EARTH'S EQUATOR AND AT
THAT ORBIT BECAUSE IT ORBITS
THE EARTH AT THE SAME RATE THE
EARTH SPINS, AND THE ADVANTAGE
OF THAT IS YOU ARE ABLE TO
TAKE AN IMAGE OF THE EARTH
EVERY FIVE MINUTES, EVERY TEN
MINUTES OR ONE MINUTE AND PUT
THOSE TOGETHER IN A SERIES OF
IMAGES.
LIKE HAVING TIME-LAPSE
PHOTOGRAPHY FROM SPACE.
AND THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING
THAT IS YOU CAN SEE THINGS ON
THE EARTH MOVE.
SUCH AS CLOUDS, YOU CAN SEE
THE CLOUDS IN A HURRICANE
SPIN.
WE CAN WATCH THE WILDFIRES
PROGRESS, AND IT REALLY IS AN
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL ASSET FOR
FORECASTERS ON THE EARTH TO
GET THE IMAGERY IN LOW
LATENCY, MEANING THEY CAN GET
THE IMAGERY WITHIN TWO OR
THREE MINUTES OF WHEN THE
SPACECRAFT TAKES THE DATA.
>> THANK YOU, DAN.
JIM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT?
>> NO, I JUST ADD TO THAT,
THAT'S REALLY WHAT ALLOWS
GOES-T AND COUNTERPART,
GOES-16, GOES EAST TO BE
SENTINELS IN SPACE BY
PROVIDING CONSTANT COVERAGE.
WE DON'T MISS THINGS THAT
OCCUR AND AS THEY DEVELOP.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT QUESTION WILL BE FOR
CANDACE CARLISLE.
DR. LINDSEY AND DR. YO.
WHAT UPGRADES HAVE BEEN MADE
TO GOES-T?
CANDACE FIRST.
>> NASA MADE SEVERAL CHANGES
TO GOES-T TO IMPROVE IT.
THE FIRST IS WE HAVE A
REDESIGNED RADIATOR ON THE
ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER
INSTRUMENT, THAT WILL IMPROVE
THERMAL CONTROL.
WE SWITCHED OUT SOME OF THE
ELECTRONICS ON THE
GEOSTATIONARY LIGHTNING MAPPER
FOR MORE RELIABILITY THERE.
WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE SPACECRAFT PROPULSION
SYSTEM FOR MORE RELIABILITY
THERE, AND LASTLY, BUT NOT
LEAST IS THE GODDARD
MAGNETOMETER SHOULD PROVIDE
MORE STABILITY OVER PREVIOUS
MAGNETOMETERS WHICH WILL
IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF THE
MAGNETOMETER MEASUREMENTS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS, CANDACE.
I WILL GO OVER TO JIM TO SEE
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT
TO ADD THERE.
>> I JUST ADD THAT THE
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY THAT WE
HAVE ON THE GOES-R SERIES,
GOES-16, 17, NOW TO GOES-T IS
BEING EXPLOITED MORE AND MORE
ALL THE TIME.
WE CONTINUE TO LEARN HOW TO
USE THE DATA AND OBSERVATIONS
BETTER FOR A NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS FROM NUMERICAL
WEATHER PREDICTION TO
FORECASTING AND HAZARD
MONITORING.
SO THE SCIENCE KEEPS ADVANCING
WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, AND WE'RE
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> BEFORE WE GO TO OUR
QUESTION ON THE LINE, DAN,
CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?
>> CANDACE AND JIM DID A GREAT
JOB ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
I'LL JUST BACK UP WHAT JIM
SAID.
WE'RE STILL LEARNING FROM THE
DATA.
EVERY DAY, THERE'S NEW
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES ON NEW
WAYS TO USE THE DATA IN ORDER
TO IMPROVE OUR FORECASTS AND
WARNINGS.
>> THANK YOU, WE HAVE A
QUESTION ON THE LINE FROM
MARCIA SMITH, SPACE POLICY
ONLINE.
MARCIA, WE'RE GOING TO YOU.
CALLER: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS
THAT ARE UNRELATED, SO IF IT'S
ALL RIGHT, I'LL ASK THEM EACH
INDIVIDUALLY.
THE FIRST QUESTION HAS TO DO
WITH THE ABI, I KNOW THAT
GOES-17 ISN'T FUNCTIONING
ENTIRELY PROPERLY AND YOU ALL
ARE ANXIOUS TO GET GOES-18
WORKING SO THAT YOU CAN
REPLACE IT.
HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WILL
IT MAKE, AS I UNDERSTAND THAT
THE GOES-17 ABI WORKS 97% OF
THE TIME, 3% OF THE TIME IT
DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT THERMAL
CONDITIONS, SO HOW MUCH OF A
DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE TO
HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONING ABI
VERSUS THE ONE ON GOES-17?
>> DR. DANIEL GALL, YOU WANT
TO TAKE THAT ONE FIRST?
>> SURE, AS CANDACE NOTED, WE
DID MAKE UPDATES TO THE
RADIATOR SYSTEM, WHICH I'LL
POINT OUT IN THE LEGO MODEL.
THOSE DESIGNS WERE THOROUGHLY
VETTED, TESTED AND HAVE FULL
CONFIDENCE ABI WILL PERFORM AS
EXPECTED ON ORBIT ON GOES-T.
>> DAN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> SURE, TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION ALSO, THE ANSWER IS
THAT THE GOES-17 ABI AS WAS
NOTED BY THE QUESTIONER IS
STILL PROVIDING OVER 90% OF
THE DATA, SO WE REALLY ONLY
HAVE SOME MISSING INFRARED
CHANNELS DURING CERTAIN TIMES
OF NIGHT AT CERTAIN TIMES OF
YEAR, WHAT THE GOES-18 ABI
WILL DO IS BRING THAT MUCH
CLOSER TO 100%, AND THAT WAY
WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY
OUTAGES.
WE'RE EXCITED TO GET, THAT THE
GOES-18 IN PLACE, SO WE CAN
GET THE 100% FUNCTIONING ABI.
>> THANK YOU, NOW WE'LL GO
TO --
>> Caller: CAN I ASK THE
SECOND QUESTION?
>> YES, MY APOLOGIES, GO
AHEAD.
>> Reporter: TOTALLY
UNRELATED, REGARDS THE
SITUATION WITH RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE, THE U.S. SATELLITE
SYSTEM IS TIGHTLY INTEGRATED
WITH EUROPE, AND WE SHARE A
LOT OF DATA.
DO WE ALSO SHARE DATA WITH
RUSSIA?
WILL THERE BE ANY IMPACT ON
THE CONFLICT, THE SANCTIONS
WHETHER DATA SHARING AMONGST
THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THESE
TYPES OF SATELLITES?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION, MARCIA.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT TO THE
SCIENCE OF GOES-T FOR NOW.
WE'RE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU OFF-LINE TO GET YOU AN
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
NOW WE'LL GO TO AN ONLINE
QUESTION FOR JIM.
NOAA'S GEOSTATIONARY OBSERVING
SYSTEM GOES BACK TO 1975.
WHAT HAS BEEN ITS MOST
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION?
>> WELL, I DATE IT BACK TO
1979.
THE THING ABOVE ALL IS HAVING
THE AWARENESS OF MAJOR STORM
SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY
HURRICANES, ALSO NOR'EASTERS,
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER SYSTEMS THAT
BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL,
JUST HAVING THAT BACKGROUND
AWARENESS HAS BEEN A
GAME-CHANGER FOR FORECASTERS
THROUGHOUT THE DECADES.
WE ARE CONTINUING THAT WITH
GOES-T, BUT, OF COURSE, THAT'S
BEEN IMPROVED GREATLY.
I THINK DAN MENTIONED THE 3,
4, 5 FACTOR IN TERMS OF THE
NUMBER OF CHANNELS, LEVEL OF
DETAIL WE GET ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON INSIDE THE STORMS.
THE RESOLUTION SO WE CAN SEE
MORE GRANULARITY OF THE
SYSTEMS THAN GETTING THE MORE
FREQUENT IMAGES SO WE SEE WHEN
THINGS ARE DEVELOPING MORE
RAPIDLY THAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN
ANTICIPATED.
CONTINUING THAT AND IMPROVING
THAT TREND IS REALLY THE
SINGLE MOST EXCITING THING,
IT'S HARD FOR ME AS A WEATHER
PERSON TO PICK ANY ONE THING.
I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.
>> DEFINITELY UNDERSTOOD.
OUR NEXT ONLINE QUESTION IS
FOR DR. DAN LINDSEY.
HOW IS THE GOES-R SATELLITE
SERIES IMPROVING OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE
CHANGE?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
SO CLIMATE DATA IS COLLECTED
FROM DIFFERENT NOAA
INSTRUMENTS, AND ALSO FROM
NASA, FROM THE GEOSTATIONARY
SIDE AND POLAR ORBITING SIDE.
THE GOES-STATION IS
GEOSTATIONARY AND EXAMPLE OF
CLIMATE DATA WE COLLECT IS
IMPORTANT IS INFORMATION ABOUT
CLOUDS.
ABI MEASURES CLOUD INFORMATION
SUCH AS WHERE ARE THE CLOUDS?
HOW DO THEY CHANGE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY, AND THAT POTENTIALLY
CHANGES WITH THE CHANGING
CLIMATE.
IF YOU HAVE MORE CLOUDS OVER A
CERTAIN REGION THAN YOU HAD
20, 30 YEARS AGO, THAT CAN
HAVE FEEDBACKS ON THE EARTH'S
CLIMATE.
THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
DATA WE ARE COLLECTING IS
AFFECTING CLIMATE RESEARCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE THING THAT WE'VE HEARD,
GOES-T IS A WEATHER SATELLITE,
WE KNOW THAT METEOROLOGISTS
WILL USE ITS DATA, BUT WHO
ELSE WILL USE DATA FROM
GOES-T?
FIRST START TO SEE IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY?
>> YES, SO WORKING ON GLM,
EVERY DAY, MOST OF THE TIME I
SEND DATA ANALYSIS INFORMATION
AND THINGS OF THAT SORT WITH
END USERS AND END USERS RANGE
FROM ANYWHERE FROM COLLEGE
STUDENTS STUDYING WEATHER
SCIENCE, AND ALSO PROFESSORS
IN THEIR FIELDS AND ALSO
PROFESSIONAL LIGHTNING
SCIENTISTS AS WELL.
SO THE DATA IS NOT ONLY USED
BY METEOROLOGISTS AND
FORECASTERS, BUT ALSO BY
LIGHTNING PROFESSIONALS WHO
HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CAREER FOR
VERY LONG TIMES AND NEW
LIGHTNING SCIENTISTS STARTING
OUT IN COLLEGES.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT ONLINE QUESTION IS
FOR DR. DANIEL GALL, ABOUT THE
ABI.
HOW HAS THE ADVANCED BASELINE
IMAGER CHANGED OR UPGRADED
OVER TIME?
>> SURE, SO THE ABI, AS I
MENTIONED, WAS REALLY A
REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE RELATIVE
TO THE PREVIOUS GENERATION OF
IMAGERS, SO WE'VE REALLY SEEN,
AS WE SAID, IT'S BEEN A GAME
CHANGER FOR FORECASTERS,
REVEALING MORE DETAIL, AND
WE'RE EXPECTING TO MAINTAIN
THE PERFORMANCE AS WE FILL OUT
THE CONSTELLATION WITH
GOES-16, 17 AND SOON GOES-18.
WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE
EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE, AND
IT'S VERY ROBUST NOW, AND
EXPECT IT TO PERFORM WELL ON
ORBIT.
>> WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT GOES-16 AND 17, SO WHAT
IS THE FUTURE OF GOES-17?
IS IT GOING TO BE
DECOMMISSIONED?
MAYBE WE CAN START WITH DAN?
>> THE ANSWER IS NO.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
DECOMMISSIONED.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE GOES-17
AFTER IT'S REPLACED BY GOES-18
PROBABLY IN EARLY 2023.
IT WILL BE DRIFTED OVER TO 105
WEST, WHICH IS ROUGHLY OVER
THE LONGITUDE OF COLORADO,
SAY.
IT WILL BECOME THE ON-ORBIT
STORAGE, THE ON-ORBIT BACKUP
TO GOES EAST AND GOES WEST.
IF WE HAVE FUTURE PROBLEMS
WITH GOES-16 OR 18, THEN
GOES-17 IS READY AND WE CAN
IMMEDIATELY TURN IT ON AND
COLLECT DATA TO BACK UP ANY
OUTAGES THAT MAY HAPPEN.
>> OUR NEXT ONLINE QUESTION IS
FOR TIWA.
GLM IS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL
LIGHTNING MAPPER FLOWN IN
GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT.
DID THAT PRESENT CHALLENGES IN
DEVELOPMENT, IF SO, WHAT DID
LOCKHEED MARTIN USE?
>> SO, THERE WEREN'T ANY
SPECIFIC CHALLENGES THAT I CAN
SPEAK TO AT THIS MOMENT, BUT
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS
THAT GLM BEING THE FIRST OF
ITS KIND ON ORBIT HAS BEEN
COLLECTING MORE LIGHTNING DATA
THAN ANY -- WHAT'S IT CALLED?
ANY LIGHTNING INSTRUMENTS OUT
THERE.
FOR INSTANCE, GOES-R DURING
THE FIRST FEW MONTHS COLLECTED
MORE DATA THAN WE HAVE EVER
SEEN IN THE PAST 40 YEARS OF
LIGHTNING DATA COLLECTION.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FOR
CANDACE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN
GOES-T'S TRANSITION TO
GOES-18, AND THEN GOES WEST.
WHAT DO EACH OF THE STEPS MEAN
FOR ITS OPERATION?
>> FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS
AFTER GOES-T LAUNCHES, THE
MISSION OPERATION SUPPORT TEAM
WILL WORK ON RAISING ITS
ORBIT.
THEN IT GOES INTO THE FIRST
POSITION FOR THE BEGINNING OF
ITS POST LAUNCH TESTING, WHICH
IS AT 89.5 DEGREES WEST, AND
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE
INSTRUMENTS ARE CHECKED OUT
INITIALLY, AND TO 136.8 WEST,
AND THEN THE LATER PART OF THE
POST LAUNCH CHECKOUT HAPPENS
THERE, AND THE POINT OF DOING
IT LIKE THAT FOR GOES-T IS SO
THAT THE SCIENTISTS WILL HAVE
GOES-T OR GOES-18 IT WILL BE
BY THAT POINT, DATA AVAILABLE
IN AUGUST, AND THEN WE HAND
OVER THE NASA MISSION
OPERATION SUPPORT TEAM HANDS
OVER TO THE NOAA OPERATIONS
ORGANIZATION IN OCTOBER.
DOES FINAL TESTING, AND THEN
GOES-18 WILL BECOME
OPERATIONAL AS GOES WEST IN
EARLY JANUARY OF 2023.
DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION?
>> YES.
THANK YOU, AND OUR NEXT
QUESTION, WE GO OVER TO YOU,
DAN.
WHILE MONITORING THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE, WHAT MAJOR WEATHER
EVENTS DO YOU PREDICT GOES-T
WILL TRACK THE MOST?
>> IN TERMS OF WHAT IT WOULD
TRACK THE MOST, I WOULD SAY
BASICALLY DAY TO DAY WEATHER
SYSTEMS.
SO WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS
PRETTY MUCH CONSTANTLY THERE'S
A JET STREAM RUNNING FROM WEST
TO EAST ACROSS THE NORTH
AMERICA, AND WHAT THAT DOES IS
CARRIES WEATHER SYSTEMS FROM
THE PACIFIC OCEAN OVER THE
CONTINENTAL U.S. AND OFF THE
EAST COAST OF THE U.S. AFTER
THAT.
AND SO IT'S REALLY A
CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF THE
STORM SYSTEMS.
ONE THING THAT WE DO THEY
THINK JIM MENTIONED EARLIER IS
TRACK THE CLOUDS WITH TIME,
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOWS
US TO GET AN ESTIMATE OF THE
WIND SPEEDS AT UPPER LEVELS
AND THE WINDS ARE FED INTO THE
NUMERICAL MODELS AND IMPROVE
THE WEATHER FORECAST THAT
AFFECT EACH OF US EVERY DAY.
IT'S NOT SUCH INDIVIDUAL
SYSTEMS, IT'S A CONTINUOUS
MONITORING OF ALL OF THE
WEATHER SYSTEMS AS THEY COME
ONSHORE.
>> THANK YOU, AND FOR OUR LAST
QUESTION, WE WILL GO OVER TO
JIM.
GOES-T WILL BECOME GOES WEST
ONCE OPERATIONAL.
SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW
IMPROVEMENTS IN WEATHER
SATELLITES OVER THE WEST COAST
WILL HELP IMPROVE NUMERICAL
WEATHER PREDICTION FOR THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY.
>> YES, I'D BE GLAD TO.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NOTICE
ABOUT THE WEATHER IN THE
UNITED STATES, INDEED IN THE
ENTIRE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IS
THE SYSTEMS TEND TO MOVE FROM
THE WEST TO THE EAST.
IT'S LIKE HURRICANES THAT COME
FROM AFRICA AND THEN IMPACT
THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THINGS
TEND TO MOVE FROM WEST TO
EAST.
SO WHEN WE MEASURE CONDITIONS
OVER THE WEST TODAY, THOSE ARE
THE WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE
GOING TO IMPACT DOWNSTREAM
WEATHER TO THE EAST IN SEVERAL
DAYS OR AS MUCH AS A WEEK
LATER, THAT'S WHY WE LIKE TO
USE THE DATA FROM GOES WEST IN
THE NUMERICAL WEATHER
PREDICTION MODELS IN ORDER TO
HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE
FORECAST NOT ONLY IN THE
IMMEDIATE AREA WHERE THE
MEASUREMENTS ARE TAKEN BUT
DOWNSTREAM WHERE THEY
INFLUENCE THE WEATHER SEVERAL
DAYS HENCE.
>> THANK YOU, JIM.
AND I WANT TO THANK EACH OF
OUR SPEAKERS FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING
US AND FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
THIS WRAPS OUR MEDIA BRIEFING.
PLEASE ALSO JOIN US TOMORROW,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, FOR OUR
PRELAUNCH BRIEFING AT 1:00
P.M. EASTERN AS WE CONTINUE TO
COUNT DOWN THE LAUNCH OF
GOES-2 -- GOES-T CURRENTLY
SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 1.
THANK YOU.