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DERROL: YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT
THE LAUNCHPAD 39A AND THE
SPACEWALK HANGAR WHERE INSIDE
THERE IS A FALCON HEAVY ROCKET
WITH GOES WEATHER SATELLITE.
ROLL-OUT IS SKED SCHEDULED THIS
AFTERNOON AND T0 TOMORROW AT
5:16 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
NOW JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, BACK UP
A LITTLE BIT.
NOAA GHOST-R SATELLITE.
THERE YOU SEE IT THERE ALL
FOLDED UP.
BUT ALSO ON LAUNCH DAY, IT WILL
HELP PROTECT IT WHEN IT FLIES
THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE ON THE
WAY TO SPACE ABOARD THE SPACEX
FALCON HEAVY ROCKET.
BY THE WAY GOES IS THE FIRST
NOAA SATELLITE TO FLY ON THE
FALCON HEAVY.
HELLO AND WELCOME THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA FOR NASA
AND NOAA'S BRIEFING ON THE
SCIENCE BEHIND GOES U.
I WELL BE A MODERATOR TODAY AND
WE HAVE EN SELL BEMMED A PANEL
OF EXISTS TO TALK ABOUT THE
MISSION OF GOES AND DISCUSS YOU
HOW THE SATELLITE BENEFITS YOU,
THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS HOW IT
DOES THIS JOB.
WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS A NEW
INSTRUMENT ONBOARD GOES IN
ADDITION TO THE NEXT GENERATION
THAT WILL FOLLOW THE CONSIDER
REP SERIES.
GOES STANDS FOR GEO STATIONARY
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SAT
LIT AND T
AREA.
THE SATELLITE HAS THE SAME
COMPLIMENT OF INSTRUMENTS AS THE
FIRST SET OF SATELLITES R, S, T,
16, 17, 18, WITH ONE ADDITION
THE COMPACT CORONAGRAPH.
THE PRIMARY EARTH 2 POINTING
INSTRUMENTS ARE ABI.
THE STATIONARY LIGHTNING MAP OR
GLM AND FOCUS ON TODAY AND
DR. TALAAT WILL BE DISKUG THE
SPACE WEATHER INSTRUMENTS IN.
IF YOU COULD REASON THE VIDEO.
WILL TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY THE KEY
APPLICATIONS IN.
FROM THE GOES E POSITION, IT ARE
IT WILL BE THE CEMENT NIL IN THE
SKY TO KEEP AN EYE ON
HURRICANES.
THIS EXAMPLE HERE FROM WAY BACK
IN 2017 THAT SHOWS HURRICANE
MARIN INAS IT APPROACHES THE
ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO AS ABLE TO
SCAN THE BIG STORMS AS EVERY 90
SECONDS TO GET MINUTE TO MINUTE
WARNINGS OUT TOT THE PUBLIC THIS
EXAMPLE UNFORTUNATELY HURRICANE
MARIA MADE DIRECT LANDFALL ON
THE EASTERN PART OF PUERTO RICO
DOING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
KNOCKING OUT THE RADAR THERE AND
FORECASTERS ACTUALLY USED THE
SATELLITE IMAGERY ITSELF TO AID
IN ISSUING THINGS LIKE FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS OR SEVERE STORM
ALERTS TO THE FOLKS IN PUERTO
RICO SINCE WE LOST THE RADAR.
ANOTHER KEY ADDITION THE GOES-R
SERIES IS THE GEO STATIONARY
LIGHTNING MAPPER.
THIS EXAMPLE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLAPS OF
LIGHTNING OCCURRING WITH WITHIN
THE EYEWALL OF THE HURRICANE.
RESEARCH IS UNDERWAY NOW TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAKE
USE OF THE DATA.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
DOES IT MAN THE STORM IS
STRENGTHENING WEAKENING OR
REMANNING THE SAME?
THE SECOND KEY APPLICATION I
WANT TO MENTION IS FOR SEVERE
STORMS.
IN THE GOES POSITION.
GOES-U WILL BE THE PRIMARY
SATELLITE FOR LOOKING AT THE
CENTER PART OF THE COUNTRY LIKE
TORNADO ALLEY, REALLY SEVERE
STORMS THROUGHOUT THE
CONTINENTAL U.S.
ONE OF THE MAJOR THREATS IN THE
CENTRAL PLAINS IS A SUPER CELL
AND EXAMPLES YOU ARE LOOKING AT
HERE.
WE CAN SEE THE LIGHTENING FROM
THOSE SUPER CELLS THEN GET THAT
LIGHTNING WARNING OUT TO THE
PUBLIC.
FORECASTERS USE THE MINUTE BY
MINUTE DATA LIKE VISIBLE IMAGERY
WE ARE SEEING HERE BY ZOOMING IN
ON INDIVIDUAL CUMULUS CLOUDS
THEN TELL WHEN AND WHERE THE
INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING
TO FORM AND WARN THE PUBLIC AS A
RESULT OF THAT.
THEN, ONE NEW REALLY COOL
APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED BASED ON LIGHTNING IS
LIGHTNING CAST IS DEVELOPED BY
OUR FRIENDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN, MACHINE-LEARNING
ALGORITHM THAT PREDICTS THE
PROCT THAT LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR.
THE WAY IT IS USED FOR EXAMPLE.
SAY THERE IS OUTDOOR SPORTING
EVENT FORECASTERS CAN LOOK AND
SEE THE PROB K THAT LIGHTNING
WILL OCCUR IN THE NEXT HOUR AND
HIGH PROCT THEY MAY CONSIDER
WARNING THE PUBLIC GETTING THE
PEOPLE ON THE FIELD TO SAFETY
AND GETTING THE FANS TO SAFETY.
AND ANOTHER APPLICATION IS
VOLCANIC EROOMSES THE EXAMPLE
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A SECOND AGO
FROM THE TONGA ERUPTION AND
IMPORTANT KEEP THE AIRPLANES
AWAY FROM THE VOLCANIC ASH
CLOUDS BECAUSE THEY CAN DAMAGE
THE ENGINES THEN FIRE DETECTION.
THIS WAS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST
SURPRISE WITH THE GOES-R SERIES
IN HOW WE CAN CAN DO FIRE
DETECTION.
THE NEAR INFRARED CHAMS ARE ABLE
TO DETECT THE HOT SPOT INTERESTS
THE FIRES WE CAN TRACK THE HOT
SPOTS AS THEY PROGRESS OUT FROM
THE FIRE THEN GET THAT
INFORMATION OUT TOT THE
EMERGENCY MANAGERS OUT TO THE
FIREFIGHTERS IN ORDER TO KEEP
EVERYONE SAFE AND IN ADDITION TO
THE FIRES THEMSELVES, WE CAN SEE
SMOKE FROM THE FIRES THIS IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE SMOKE CAUSES
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY
AND IT CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE AIR
QUALITY PROBLEMS, AND HUMAN
HEALTH PROBLEMS, THEN IT CAN
ALSO BE A THREAT TO THE OF'S
THEMSELVES WHO ARE TRYING TO
FIGHT THE FIRES.
FOLLOWING THE GOES-R SERIES THE
CURRENT PLANS TO IMPLEMENT A NEW
PROGRAM KNOWN AS GEO STATIONARY
EXTENDED OBSERVATIONS ORGY OH
XO.
THE FIRST SATELLITE WILL LAUNCH
IN 2032 THEN THERE ARE KEY
IMPROVEMENTS TO A NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS THEN NEW
OBSERVATIONS AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF FIRES WE ARE GOING
TO IMPROVE THE SPATIAL
RESOLUTION OF THE FIRE DETECTION
CHANNEL BY A FACTOR OF 4 WHAT
THAT MEANS IS WE ARE ABLE TO
DETECT HOT SPOTS THAT ARE FOUR
TIMES SMALLER NOW IN THE FEW TUR
AND ABLE TO DO IT FOUR TIMES
EARLIER BASICALLY AND SEE THOSE
FIRES BEFORE THEY START AND
EXCUSE ME, SEE THE FIRES BEFORE
THEY SPREAD TOO WIDELY AND GET
THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS OUT.
GET THE FIREFIGHTERS THERE TO
PUT THE FIRES OUT.
WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT TON
KEN.
>> ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO SEE THE
SATELLITE AND SOME OF THE
USAGES.
I AM KEN GRAM, DIRECTOR OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, AND
OUR FORECASTERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY USING THIS DATA TO PUT
OUT FORECASTS AND WARNINGS THE
GOES-ARE SERIES HAS BEEN A
GAME-CHANGER FOR US.
A GAME-CHANGER OR THE
FORECASTERS SINCE THE FIRST
LAUNCH OF THE SERIES IN 2016 THE
LATEST GENERATION OF GOES HAS
ENABLED NEW AND IMPROVED
FORECASTS WARNING SERVICES TO
HELP SAVE LIVES AND PROTECT
PROPERTY.
WHILE THE METEOROLOGISTS ARELY
ON THE RADAR AND BUOYS, FOR
EXAMPLE.
THE GOES SERIES OF SATELLITES
CONSIST TEMPTLY PROVIDES IMAGES
OF WEATHER FEATURES IN THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE FOR US.
THE GOES-R SERIES CREATES A FULL
DISK OF THE EARTH EVERY TEN
MINUTES SO THE METEOROLOGIST
REQUEST ENHANCED SCANNING OF
RAPIDLY EVOLVING STORMS AS DAN
WAS SHOWING IN THE IMAGERY AND
OTHER PHENOMENON AS WELL LIKE
FIRES.
WE COULD GET IM MIDGE RY UP TO
90 SECONDS WHICH IS USEFUL FOR
THE WARNING CAPABILITY SO WE'LL
START THE FIRST VIDEO LOOK AT
RECENT EVENTS USING THE
SATELLITE, AND THIS FIRST ONE,
THAT GOES EX ADVANCED SPACE LINE
IMAGE OR THE ABI SEES RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING CONVECTION.
THIS SHOWS THE RATIO, A POWER 68
STORM STRETCHING WIND, HAIL,
LIABILITIENING TESTIMONY ALONG
THE ENTIRE PATH IN THIS CASE,
AROUND HOUSTON, WINDS TOPPLED
100 MILES PER HOUR AND
INCREASABLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE ON
MAY 16th BUT OBSERVATION THE
GOES EAST END ABLED THE
METEOROLOGIST TO REALLY LOOK AT
ISSUING THOSE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING THOSE
TORNADO WARNINGS ALONG THE PATH
AND HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT
THEY NEED EVEN DURING THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS BEEN THE THINGS
ARE MOST DANGEROUS.
METEOROLOGISTS ARE ABLE TO USING
THE GOES INFORMATION TO BE ABLE
TO LOOK AT THE LIGHTNING MAP THE
THE GLM AS LEADING INDICATOR OF
THE STORM'S SEVERITY.
THE NEXT IMAGE AND THE NEXT LOOP
HERE.
WEATHER SERVICE FOR CASTERS
PROVIDE PROACTIVE AND TACTICAL
WILDFIRE DECISION SUPPORT
SERVICES USING GOES.
NOW THE 16 CHAMS THAT ADVANCE
SPACELINE OR ABI ON GOES EAST
DETECTED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
CLOUD DROPLET AND SMOKE
PARTICLES THIS BECAME CRUCIAL IN
JUNE OF 2023 AND WHEN THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
EXPERIENCED UNPRECEDENTED
CONCENTRATIONS OF SMOKE FROM
WILDFIRES BLAZING IN CANADA.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS INTERESTING
AS WELL.
THE NEXT LOOP SHOWS FOG.
OUR ABILITY TO PINPOINT WHEN FOG
WILL DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED BY GOES
SATELLITE THIS VIDEO SHOWS HOW
THE ABI CAN DIFFERENTIATE
BETWEEN THICK FOG IN THE
NATION'S HEARTLAND AND
WEATHER-MAKING CLOUDS ABOVE.
THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL IS
INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL TO
AVIATION FORECASTERS THEN
NAVIGATION ALONG RIVERS AND
HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION AND
KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE IN
REDUCING DELAYSMENT NOW LET'S
TALK ABOUT SPACE WEATHER.
DAN MENTIONED THE SPACE WEATHER
ASPECTS OF THE SATELLITE THE
SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING IS A
BIG PART OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE MISSION.
THE FORECASTERS AT SPACE WEATHER
PREDICTION CENTER RELY ON
OBSERVATIONS OF THE SUN'S
ATMOSPHERE TO ANALYZE DATA
HELPING TO PROTECT THE TIMING
AND ACCESS AS WELL AND THE
STRENGTH OF THE STORMS TO ISSUE
ALERTS AND WARNING AND WE START
THE SLID YO REALLY SHOWS SOME OF
THE SPACE WEATHER IN ACTION AND
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT SOLAR
MAXIMUM.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TIME TO BE
HAVING THIS TYPE OF DATA.
THE PEAK OF A ROUGHLY 11-YEAR
SOLAR CYCLE IN EARLY MAY SEVERAL
MASS EJECTIONS CME'S REDUCED A
G5 STORM THE HIGHEST CAT ARE RY
ON THE SPACE WEALER SCALE
RESULTING IN REALLY A BIG EVENT
ON MAY 10th AND 11th THE
STRONGEST STORM IN TWO DECADES
VERY POWERFUL.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE IMPRESSIVE
DISPLAYS.
WITH GOES-U WE ARE GETTING
INFORMATION IN STREWMENT TO HELP
THE SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING
AND THE COMPACT CORONAGRAPH OR C
CORE THE FIRST OPERATIONAL AND
WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO SEE
THIS SENSOR TO REALLY IMPACT OUR
EARLY WARNINGS.
THIS INSTRUMENT WILL DELIVER
IMAGERY OF THE SUN'S CORONA THE
FORECASTERS AT THE SPACE WEATHER
PREDICTION CENTER WITHIN 90
MINUTES THEN THAT IS COMPARED TO
THE PREVIOUS TIME, IT USED TO
TAKE EIGHT HOURS SO INCREDIBLE
ADVANCE IN US HAVING THE
CAPABILITY TO HAVE THAT DATA.
THE INSTRUMENT WILL CAPTURE
MULTIPLE IMAGES OF EACH FLAIR
AND CME APPROVING THE
UNDERSTANDING THE SIZE,
FELICITY, INTENSITY.
THE MAGNETIC STORMS CAN IMPACT
THE EARTH PUTTING THE POWER
GRID, COME HULLINGCATIONS,
NAVIGATION SYSTEM, AVIATION
SPACE-BASED ASSETS AT RISK
HAVING A BETTER AND FASTER
OBSERVATION WILL HELP US BETTER
ALERT THE PROVIDERS AND
PROTENSION HAZARDS SO THEY CAN
TAKE ACTION.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS
INCREDIBLABLE TO BE HERE AND
TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
GOES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE AND
EAGER TO GET THE GOES DATA TAN
THE HANDS OFFED THE CALL ITED
METEOROLOGIST THAT WORK 20 HOURS
A DAY TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
WITH THAT MI, I WILL GIVE THE
FLOOR OVER TO MY COL LEAD.
ELSAYED.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY IN6789 THIS PAST YEAR
WE HAD THE REMARKABLE
OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS NOT ONE,
BUT SEVERAL COSMIC MASTERPIECES
THOUGHT THE NATION.
THE FIRST BEING THE GREAT
AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE.
LET'S ROLL THE FIRST VIDEO.
AND MORE RECENTLY, THE AURORA
BOREALIS KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN
LIGHTS THIS WAS SEEN IN ALL 50
STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20
YEARS EACH OF THESE WONDERS
GIVES US IN SIGHT INTO THE SUN
AND ACTIVITY CALLED SPACE
WEATHER.
FOR DECADES, NOAA HAS OBSERVED
SPACE WEATHER TO PRODOS THE
WARNINGS , ALERTS AND FORECASTS
THAT KEN JUST MENTIONED.
THIS ALLOWS INDUSTRIES SUCH AS
THE POWER FRID TO TAKE PROACTIVE
MEASUREMENTS AND PROACTIVE
MEASURES TO MET MIT GUILT
AGAINST POTENTIAL DISRUPTION AND
INCLUDES THE COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS
DURING NATIONAL DISARRESTEDDERS
SUCH AS HURRICANES AND
TORNADOES.
AND FOR PILOTS TO SAFELY PLY THE
PLANES WITH NAVIGATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS.
FURTHERMORE, AS SPACE
EXPLORATION GROW, SO TOO DOES
THE NEED FOR OBSERVATION AND
FORECASTS TO PROTECT OURS A
SETTLES IN SPACE AND ASTRONAUTS.
WE ARE THRILLED HERE TO BE HERE
TODAY AND EXCITED FOR THE LAUNCH
OF THE GOES-U SATELLITE FOR SELF
ARE REASONS.
ONE, BEING THAT IT WILL CARRY
THE NATION'S FIRST OPERATIONAL
CORONAGRAPH.
CALLED C CORE ONE OF THEM THE
NEXT VIDEO.
AND THIS MEANS THAT FOR THE
FIRST TIME, WE WILL HAVE A
CONTINUE USE OBSERVATION OF THE
SUN'S FAINTER OUTER ATMOSPHERE
CREATING EQUIVALENT OF A TOTAL
SOLAR ECLIPSE EVERY 30 MINUTES.
IN DOING SO, THIS POWERFUL SOLAR
TELESCOPE ALLOWS USES TO OBSERVE
THE CORONA WHICH IS A REGION
WHERE EXTREME SPACE WEATHER
EVENTS ORIGINATE.
THE CORONAGRAPH WORKING IN
TANDEM WITH THE SOLAR
ULTRAVIOLATE IMAGERS AND EXTREME
ULTRAVIOLET AND X RAY SENSORS
ABOARD GOES U-U AND GOES-18 WILL
TRENDING IN NOAAA'S ABILITY TO
PREDICT SPACE WEATHER.
BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
SUN IN THE ULTRAVIOLATE UL TRAL
FREQUENCIES WHICH WE CAN NOT SEE
FROM THE GROUND, HAVING SUCH
INSTRUMENTS IN SPACE ALLOWS US
TO SEE IT 20-7.
WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE
MEASUREMENTS OF MASS EJECTIONS
IN SPACE TO GET UNOBSTRUCTED
VIEW OF THE LARGE EXPLOSIONS OF
THE SUN.
THIS NEXT VIDEO THAT YOU SEE,
UM, TAKEN FROM THE CORONA GRF
AND THE IMAGER IS AN EXAMPLE OF
WHAT THE INSTRUMENT ON GOES-U
WILL CAPTURE AND THEY WILL SEE
THE SOLAR WIND AND SOLAR FLARES
ANCHOR ROANNAL MASS EJECTIONS
THAT CAN SEND BILLIONS OF TONS
OF MATERIAL AND HERD LING TOWARD
EARTH AT SELF MILLION MILES AN
HOUR.
IN A DIGS, IMAGES WILL COME BACK
TO US MUCH CLEANER AND HIGHER
RESOLUTION BECAUSE THE SPACE
WEATHER INSTRUMENTS ON GOES-U
WILL BE BUILD TO BE MORE REI
CRYPT TO CREE AT THE LIGHT
SPECKS OR SNOW ON DEBEINGORS
THAT YOU SEE HERE DURING EXTREME
SPACE WEATHER EVENTS THESE DATA
WILL SERVE AS THE PRIMARY
SOURCING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
IMPENDING DEA OMAGH NETTIC STORM
CONDITIONS ALLOWING NOAA'S SPACE
WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER TO
ISSUE WARNINGS AND WATCHES ONE
TO FOUR DAYS IN ADVANCE.
ONCE OPERATIONAL, IT WILL MARK A
NEW CHAPTER IN SPACE WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS.
WE WOULD ALSO SIGNIFY THE
BEGINNING OF OBSERVATIONS WHICH
IS NEEDED SINCE MANY CURRENT
PLATFORMS INCLUDING DISCOVER,
AGING AND EITHER NEAR OR BEYOND
THE PREDICTED END OF LIFE.
AS PART OF THE SPACE WEATHER
FOLLOW JOHN OR PROGRAM, IT'S THE
FIRST IN A SERIES OF CORONA
TRAVES THAT WILL POSITION IN
VARIOUS VANTAGE POINTS.
NEXT VIDEO.
NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE A CORONA
GRAPH ON THE OBSERVATORY AT
LAGRANGE .1 ROUGHLY
1 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH
BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN.
IT IS PICTURED HERE.
AND THE THIRD CORONAGRAPH, PART
OF THE SPACE WEATHER PROGRAM
WILL FLY, BEYOND THE VEIN
MISSION TAKING
MEASUREMENTS00 MILLION MILES
AWAY FROM EARTH TO GIVE US A
VIEW OF THE SUN AND VITAL WE ARE
VIGILANT IN THE SPACE WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO PROTECT OUR
ECONOMY AND INDIVIDUAL SAFETY
HERE ON EARTH AND IN SPACE.
WE ARE MORE SENSITIVE THAN EVER
TO THE SUN'S CHANGING MOOD.
NEXT VIDEO, PLEASE.
THE PACK BONE OF OUR COUNTRY'S
PLAN TO BECOME A SPACE WEATHER
READY NATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
HISTORICAL, TO THIS HISTORICAL
GOES-U LAUNCH WE NEED ON A
CONTINUOUS BASIS TO BE
RESPONSIVE AND RESILIENT TO
SPACE WEATHER EVENTS.
SO NOW, WILL HAND IT OFF TO
CHARLES AND THANK YOU.
GO GOES U.
>> THANKS.
>> CHARLES.
AS ELSAYED MENTIONED, I AM
CHARLES WEBB.
OUR DIVISION IS PART OF THE
SCIENCE MISSION AT NASA AND ON
BEHALF OF NOAA WE MANAGE THE
DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPLOYMENT
OF OPERATIONAL WEATHER
SATELLITES LIKE GOES-U.
THE GOES SERIES OF SALT LIGHTS
EXTENDS BACK TO 1975 WITH GOES
1:00 AND THE CORNERSTONE OF
WEATHER WITH OBSERVING AND
FORECASTING FOR THE EARTH'S
WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
WHILE SENSORS ON THE GROUND AS
WE ALL KNOW LIKE RADAR, DIRECTLY
MEASURE LOCAL WEATHER
CONDITIONS, METEOROLOGISTS ALSO
NEED TO MEASURE MAKE
MEASUREMENTS HIGH ABOVE THE
ETHER'S ATMOSPHERE TO OBSERVE
THE BIG PICTURE.
DATA FROM SATELLITES LIKE GOES U
ENABLE TO ISSUE ACCURATE,
TIMELY, RELIABLE WATCHES AND
WARNINGS TO THE PUBLIC.
AS DAN MENTIONED, GOES-U US THE
FOURTH AND THE LASTING IN THE
GOES-R SERIES WHICH ARE NOW GOES
6, 17, 18 ONCE LAUNCHES GOES U
WILL BE GOES 19 THIS SERIES THE
GOES-R SERIES IS THE NATION'S
MOST ADVANCED FLEET OF THE ETH
WEATHER WITH SATELLITES IM
PROEFING TRACKING, INTENSITY
FORECASTS AND INCREASING THE
LEAD TIMES FOR THUNDERSTORM AND
TORNADO WARNINGS AND IMPROVING
AVIATION FLIGHT ROUTE PLANNING
AND ROW VYING DATA FOR LONG-TERM
CLIMATE VARIABILITY STUDIES.
NASA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
FORMULATION, THE DEVELOPMENT,
THE LAUNCH, AND INITIAL
OPERATIONS OF THE GOES R SALT
LIGHTS BEFORE WE TRANSITION
LONG-TERM OPERATIONS TO OUR
COLLEAGUES AT THE NOAA SATELLITE
OPERATION FACILITY IN MARYLAND.
GOES-U WILL PROVIDE ADVANCED
IMAGERY OF THE EARTH'S WEATHER,
OCEANS AND ENVIRONMENT.
REAL-TIME MAPPING OF TOTAL
LIGHTNING ACTIVITY, AND IMPROVED
WEATHER MONITORING OF SOLAR
ACTIVITY AND SPACE WEATHER.
OUR TEAM HAS INCORPORATED MANY
OF THE LESSONS LEARN DURING THE
DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE
PREVIOUS THREE SATELLITES IN THE
GOES-R SERIES.
IN ADDITION, NASA HAS ALSO SEW
LET US SITED RESEARCH THROUGH
THE EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION TO
DEVELOP LAND, OCEAN AND
ATMOSPHERIC DATA PRODUCTS IN
CLUEING THE GOES-R SERIES.
APPLYING RESEARCH ALGORITHMS
THAT WERE DEVELOPED FOR LOWER
EARTH INSTRUMENTS TO WEATHER
DATA PRODUCES DATA PRODUCTS THAT
ARE SIMILAR WITH SIMILAR
RESOLUTION WITH YOU ABOUT WEIGHT
GREATER SPATIAL COVERAGE AND
HIGHER TEMPERRAL RESOLUTION AND
AS A RESULT THE DATA TAT
PRODUCTS SUPPORT LONG-TERM TREND
WHICH LOOK FOR SLOWLY VARYING
PROCESSES WITHIN THE EARTH'S
SYSTEM AS WELL AS SHORT-TERM
INVESTIGATIONS THAT LOOK FOR
FASTENING CHAING PHENOMENON AND
THUS CLOSING THE LOOP FROM
OPERATIONS BACK TO RESEARCH.
AND OUR FIVE DECADE PARTNERSHIP
WITH NOAA RESULTED IN THE
DEPLOY IN THIS HE 2090'S BUT
TODAY.
OUR FOCUS IS OBVIOUSLY ON GOES-U
THE NASA NOAA TEAM HAS BEEN
WORKING DILL GENTLY WITH THE
INDUSTRY PARTNER TOES TO BE
FULLY READY FOR THE LAUNCH
OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HOW NASA
AND NOAA COLLABORATED OVER THE
LIFE OF THE GOES-R PROGRAM AND
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING GOES-U
INTO ORBIT AND ON STATION AS
GOES-EAST.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
CHRIS.
CHRIS: THANK YOU, CHARLES.
I AM CHRISTOPHER WOOD, I AM
HURRICANE HUNTER PILOT WITH
NOAA'S AIRCRAFT OPERATION CENTER
PILOTING ORION.
ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING
FOR WEATHER PREDICTION REQUIRES
A SYSTEM OF SATELLITE
INFORMATION.
NOAA DELIVERS A INFORMATION FOR
TROP CALM FORECASTING INCLUDING
SURVEYS OBSERVATION, COASTAL
TITLE INFORMATION, WEATHER RADAR
AND OF COURSE, SATELLITE DATA.
NOAA OBSERVATIONS FROM
SATELLITES AND AIRCRAFT IN THE
STORM ENVIRONMENT ARE NECESSARY
TO BEST UNDERSTAND THE RAPIDLY
EVOLVING CONDITIONS WITHIN THE
CYCLONES SO WE CAN GET THAT
INFORMATION SO THAT, EMERGENCY
MANAGERS AND ANYONE IMPACTED CAN
MAKE THE BEST DECISION FORCE THE
PROTECTION OF THEIR LIVES AND
PROPERTY.
AND ADDITIONALLY, EQUIPMENT ON
NOAA AIRCRAFT SUPPORTS SATELLITE
TESTING VALIDATION AND CALLIE
BRIGGS SUCH AS WITH OCEAN
SURFACE WINDS.
THE MORE WE CAN OBSERVE AND
UNDERSTAND CONTINUES IN THIS HE
COBOUNDARY LAYERS OF CYCLONES
PROVIDES TRUSS THE BEST
INFORMATION FOR FORECASTING
STORM CHANGES SUCH AS POTENTIAL
FOR RAPID INTENSIFICATION.
NOAA HURRICANE HUNTERS USED THE
GOES SATELLITE INFORMATION AS
PART OF THE PREFLIGHT PLAN SOG
WE CAN GET THE BEST INFORMATION
PRIOR TO HEADING OUT TO THE
STORM ENVIRONMENTS.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AIRCRAFT IN
THERE PROVIDING REAL-TIME
INFORMATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO END BRIEFLY WITH
A QUICK VIDEO TAKING EVERYBODY
THROUGH AND PASS AS WE FO TO
HURRICANE LAURA.
SO THIS IS PART OF THE HURRICANE
PASS ITSELF.
WE FLY THESE WITH AT LEAST TWO
PILOTS THAT CONTROLS AT ALL TIME
TO MAIN TAN THE AIRCRAFT IN A
SAFE ATTITUDE AS WELL AS FLIGHT
EN IF I NEAR TO MONITOR THE END
GYPS TO KEEP US IN NARROW SPEED
BAND TOLY PENETRATE.
ONE OF OUR FLIGHT DIRECTORS ARE
GIVING US CORRECTIONS WHILE
STILL COLLECTING THE DATA WE
NEED TO COLLECT AND SEE IT OPEN
UP TO THE EYE TO A NICE STADIUM
EFFECT AND WHEN THESE HAPPEN IT
IS BEAUTIFUL SITE TO HOLD.
HERE ARE THE GO.
THEY NOT THROUGH.
YOU CAN SEE JUST THAT STADIUM
EFFECT WITH THE CLOUDS MAKING A
BIG WALL HERE.
UNCOMMON FOR TO IT TO HAPPEN.
WHEN IT GOES.
IT IS REALLY NATION EN TO THAT
PASS BEFORE WE FO THROUGH ON THE
OTHER SIDE ON THE WAY OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS HOUR.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTION IN THE
ROOM.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS
ON THE PHONE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
HE WITH WILL START WITH A
QUESTION ON THE PHONE AND GO TO
MIKE LINDEN FROM MY RADAR.
>> IT HAS BEEN AND HUGE YEAR FOR
SPACE WEATHER WHERE WE SAW A
HUGE IMPACT FROM THE IMAGES FROM
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ALL OVER
SOCIAL MEDIA.
WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS IN THE
CCOR1, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DO
YOU EXPECT THAT HAVING ON SOCIAL
MEDIA ONCE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THE
NEW IMAGERY?
>> I THINK THIS IS, TO ME, SO
WITH IMAGERY WE ARE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO GET.
THAT IS, THAT IS AS KEN SAID IS
GOING TO BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR
SPACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.
IN A SENSE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
SEE EXPLOSIONS OFF THE SUN
WITHIN 30 MINUTE OF TAKING THE
PICTURES IN IN THE HANDS OF THE
FORECASTERS ALSO IN THE HANDS OF
THE PUBLIC.
SO THEY CAN SEE THESE, THE
INCOMING POSSIBLY IN COMING
SOLAR EVENTS, UM, SO IN TERMS OF
I HOPE IT WILL RAISE AWARENESS
THE SPACE WEATHER EVENTS WHEN WE
HAVE THIS, THESE INCREDIBLY
IMAGERY WE ARE ANTICIPATING
GETING THE GOES-U SATELLITE.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AND NOW, LET'S TAKE A FEW
QUESTIONS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE HAVE A USER ON X NAMED JUKA
AND THIS PERSON IS ASKING: WHAT
ORBIT WILL FALCON HEAVY DELIVER
IT TO?
SO THE ORBIT?
ANYONE FAMILIAR.
WE KNOW IT IS GOING TO A GEO
STATIONARY ORBIT.
I FINISHLY, THOUGH, IT IS GEO
TRANSFER ORBIT AND THEN RAISES
ITSELF.
>> CORRECT.
SO THE LAUNCH VEHICLE ITSELF HAS
ENOUGH POWER TO DELIVER THE
11,000-POUND FUELED SPACECRAFT
TO GEOSYNCHRONOUS RAN SIT ORBIT
AND VERY ELLIPTICAL ORBIT THAT
GESTALT THE 22236 MILES POF THE
EARTH BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF IT,
THE CLOSEST POINT OF THE EARTH
IS ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES
ABOVE THE EARTH.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE THE
SPACECRAFT SEPARATES, AND
GOES -- ITS OWN FUEL SYSTEM WILL
EEVENTUALLY RAISE UP THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE ORBIT TO THE
CIRCULAR GEO STATIONARY ORBIT
THEN MOVED SLOWLY ARE THE
LONGITUDE THAT DAN MENTIONED IT
WOULD BE DROPPED OFF AT 89.5 ALL
THE WAY BACK TO 75 DEGREES WEST
AND WILL TAKE A NUMBER OF WEEKS
TO GET ON THE STATION THERE.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM X
USER.
HE ASKED.
I WORKED ON THERMAL IMAGING
SATELLITE DESIGN FOR WILDFIRE
EARLY WARNING TESTIMONY HOW
SMALL OF A FIRE CAN GOES-R
DETECT?
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO
TERRESTRIAL DETECTION?
WILL GOES-XO HAVE MORE ADVANCED
CAPABILITY?
LETS A H'S TALK THE FIRST PART
OF THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW SMALL
OF A FIRE IT CAN DETECT?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT IS A QUESTION WE GET OFTEN.
THE ANSWER IS IT DEPENDS ON
SEVERAL HIMS INCLUDING THE HOW
HOLT THE FIRE IT?
AM GENERALLY YOU CAN SEE THEM
WHEN THEY ARE SMALLER.
AN EXAMPLE I LIKE TO BRING UP
ONE OF THE WEIGHTER SERVICE COL
LEGALS OVER A FEW YEARS AGO OVER
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT DETECTED
A HOT SPOT FROM THE ABI AND YOU
KNOW, CALLED UP THE LOCAL FOLKS,
I THINK IN KENTUCKY THEY SENT
SOMEONE OUT TO TAKE A LOOK AND
TURNS OUT THERE WAS BARN ON
FIRE.
THIS IS SOMETHING AS SMALL OF A
BARN AND REALLY HOT FOC GET TOT
THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION
SINCE WE ARE IMPROVING THES ARE
LOSING 6 THAT FIRE DETECTION
BAND IN THEORY THAT MEANS
SOMETHING FOUR TIMES SMALLER WE
WOULD BE ABLE TOLL DETECT AT THE
SAME TIME, SO PERHAPS, A LARGE
BARN NOW, THEN MAYBE A SMALL
BARN THEN AND DETECT ONE AG KERR
NOW, ONE ACRE FIRE NOW AND
DETECT A QUARTER ACRE IN THE
FUTURE SO REALLY SOMETHING TO BE
EXCITED ABOUT.
>> HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU GET THAT
INFORMATION FROM EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS.
WITHIN MINUTES THEN THAT IS ONE
OF THED A VAN GS OF BEING I AM
TO SCAN SO QUICKLY AND SCAN AS
QUICKLY AS EVERY 30 SECONDS THEN
AS SOON AS THE SCAN IS DONE.
THAT INFORMATION IS SENT OUT AND
YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE NEXT SAY
MINUTE AFTER THAT.
SO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
DERROL: SO WE ARE TAKING
QUESTIONS NOW.
IF YOU HAVE ONE, HIT US UP WITH
THE #ASKNASA.
MEANTIME, I AM CURIOUS ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOWED US.
KEN, THAT WAS THAT GOING OVER
HOUSTON.
JUST RECENTLY HAPPENED.
YOU MENTIONED THERE IS
PREDICTION, SOME MACHINE
LEARNING YOU ARE USING TO
PREDICT LIGHTNING LEVELS.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
IS IT ASSOCIATED WITH AI IF.
>> YEAH.
THERE IS DIFFERENT RESEARCH
GOING ON ABOUT THE LIGHTNING.
YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING
LIGHTNING.
IT TALKS ABOUT A STRENGTHENING
STOR.
REALLY BUILDING UP THE STORM AND
LOOKING AT THE WARPINGS SOME
TALK ABOUT DROPOUTS IN THAT
LIGHTNING COULD BE INDICATIVE OF
A START OF TORNADO SO THAT
RESEARCH YOU THINK ABOUT THE
OPERATIONAL NATURE OF THE GOES
SALT LIGHT BUT ALSO RESEARCH
COMPONENT THAT EVERY TIME YOU
GET A NEW PIECE OF DATA YOU SEE
THINGS WE HAVE NOT BEFORE AND
YOU LEARN FROM THAT AND PUT THAT
INTO THE RESEARCH OPERATIONS
THEN THAT FUSED NEW OPERATIONS
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE
TO BE ABLE TO TO THAT SO IT WAS
WITHIN OF THEM.
EVEN MORE RECENTLY, WE HAD SOME
STORMS IN TEXAS THAT SENT OUT AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DUST ON
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTO NEW MEXICO
AND ABLE TO PUT OUT WARNINGS
EVEN VERY LEPTLY BASED ON WHAT
WE SAW FROM GOES SO YOU THINK
HOW THAT IMPACTS OPERATION.
THE QUICKER WE CAN SEE THAT THE
QUICKER WE GET THE WARNINGS OUT
AND SAVES LIVES IN THE END.
DERROL: INCREDIBLE 400 WINDS.
I MEAN, THAT IS AMAZING.
AND YOU HAVE THE IMAGES RY THAT
MATCHED IT.
THAT IS VERY POWERFUL INDEED.
>> YEAH.
IT IS INTERESTING TO THINK
ABOUT.
WE HAVE THE RADAR OBSERVATIONS
THAT WE HAVE.
WE DON'T HAVE RADARS EVERYWHERE.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE
GAPS IN THOSE OBSERVATIONS IN
THE WESTERNNESS WE COULD FILL
THOSE IN.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT VERY GOOD.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SOCIAL QUESTION
THAT COMES FROM ELIV.
WAIL GOES-R BE FOCUSED ON THE
.
PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
FORECAST IS.
IF THERE IS SEVERE STORMS THEN
SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY
SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING
THAT ROCKET LAUNCH AS IT MOVES
AWAY AND SO LOOK FOR THAT.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THE MESO IN
PLACE THERE.
>> IT DID CAPTURE THE LAUNCH OF
ARTEMIS 1 BACK IN NOVEMBER OF
2022 AND THAT CLIP IS ON-LINE
AND WE HAVE THAT CLIP AS WELL.
WE WILL BE PLAYING THAN THE
LAUNCH BROADCAST BUT LITTLERLY
CAN SEE AND A BIG ROCK KETTLE OF
COURSE.
THE ARTEMIS ROCKET IN THE ORION
SPACECRAFT AND PUMPS A HOLE IN
THE CLOUD LAYER OVER THE TOP OF
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AT THE
TIME THEN FLIES THROUGH IT.
IT IS A COOL IMAGE TO SEE.
SO CHECK THAT OUT.
WE'LL HAVE A LAUNCH BROADCAST
WHICH WILL BE TOMORROW AT
4:15 P.M. EASTERN.
A LITTLE PLUG THERE.
LET'S GO TO THE PHONE LINES NOW
TO GET A QUESTION FROM KEN CRAM
WE'RE SPACE UP CLOSING.
GO AHEADS, KEN.
>> HEY, THANK YOU FOR DOING
THIS.
YEAH.
GOT A QUESTION FOR THE SECOND
SPEAKER.
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU CANDICE
TIN GISH FOG FROM CLOUDS.
I WONDERED IF YOU COULD TALK
ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WHAT IS THAT TELL YOU.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
ALSO, TALK LIFETIME OF THE FOUR
SATELLITES, PLEASE.
THANKS.
>> YEAH.
IT IS INCREDIBLE TOOL TO BE ABLE
TO SEE THE FOG AND EVENT WE
SHOWED ON THE VIDEO, IT WAS JUST
A HUGE EVENT THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE MIDWEST A LARGE YOU KNOW
FOG EVENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TOLL
SEE SO YOU CAN DETECT IT AND THE
FORECASTER ON THE DESK AND CAN
LOOK AT THE CLOUDS THAT ARE
MOVING BUT THERE IS ANOTHER
SECTOR OF CLOUDS THAT ARE A
LITTLE BIT DARKER SHADE THAT ARE
NOT MOVING THEN WAIT A MACHINE
MIN.
WHAT IS THAT.
THEN YOU START TO REALLY DO THE
ANALYSISES WITH THE OBSERVATIONS
ON THE GROUND AND CAN SEE THAT
FOG.
IT IS BIG IMPACTS THEN THINK
ABOUT THE LARGE TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS ON PILEUPS WE HAVE
HAD.
SO GIVING A HEADS UP TOP LOCALS
TO BE ABLE TO POSSIBLY CLOSE
ROADS THEN PUT THE HIGHWAY SIGNS
THEN TALK ABOUT THE FOG BUT ALSO
NAVIGATION YOU THINK ABOUT
NAVIGATION DELAYS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THE BIG
PORTS, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND
HAS BIG ECONOMIC TYPE OF IMPACT
AS WELL.
WILL SAY SOMETHING ELSE WE DID
MENTION IN THE WINTERTIME.
IF YOU SEE THE BRIGHT SPOTS THAT
DON'T MOVE, SNOWFALL.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE
WHERE THE SNOW HAS FALLEN AND
ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH YOU CAN
SEE THIS S.W.A.T.S OF ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT AND IT IS AMAZING TO
BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OTHERS
TO TALK ABOUT THE LIFETIME OF
THE SATELLITES WHICH IS ABOUT
TEN YEARS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
WELL GET DETAIL ON THAT.
YEAH.
THAT IS CORRECT.
THE DESIGN LIFETIME OF THE
SATELLITE IS TEN YEARS BUT ALSO
DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND FIVE YEARS
OF ON ORBIT STORAGE.
AND SO, THE TOTAL DESIGN THE
OPERATIONAL LIFE SOMETIMES THE
TEN YEARS HOWEVER, MANY OF THE
GOES SATELLITES HAVE EX SEED
THEIR LIFETIMES AND TWO OF THEM
FOR INSTANCE GOES AND 15 WERE
TRANSFERRED TO THE SPACE FORCE
AND OPERATED THEM OR THEY
RECENTLY THEY OPERATED GOES 16
FOR WHALE OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN
THEN WE RECENTLY TRANSFERRED THE
GOES 15 SATELLITE TO BE
REPLACEMENT FO THAT SATELLITE
OVER THE UNITED NATIONSIAN OCEAN
AS WELL, THEN THE LONGEST
SERVING GOES U ACTUALLY LASTED
FOR 40 YEARS THEN ADMITTEDLY NOT
DOING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT
THAT IT HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO DO
BUT SERVING AS COMMUNICATION
RELAY FOR SCIENTISTS IN
ANTARCTICA SO THENCALLY MATION
OF THE ORBIT CHANGED AND BECAME
VISIBLE AND SERVED AS THAT
IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION RELAY
FOR THOSE FOLKS IN THAT REMOTE
REGION SO DESIGN TOAD LASTING A
LONG TIME BECAUSE IT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT CAPABILITY
FOR THE NATION THAT IS TECHNICAL
ANSWER.
>> ALL RIGHT VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
CHARLES AND WE ARE TALK
QUESTIONS LIVE RIGHT NOW SO AS
YOU PUNCH THEM IN.
WE ARE PUTTING THEM OUT TOT THE
PANEL.
WE GOT ANOTHER ONE HERE FROM
NOAA WHO IS ASKING: WHAT WILL
HAPPEN WITH THE CURRENT
GOES-EAST.
COULD IT BE MOVED AND USED FOR A
NEW POSITION OVER THE CENTRAL
U.S. TO CUT DOWN ON THE EFFECT
WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY?
>> WAY.
GREAT QUESTION.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE
CURRENT 16 WHICH IS REPLACED BY
GOES-19 AND WILL BE MOVED TO
105-DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE IF
YOU DON'T HAVE MECK MEMORIZED
THAT'S THE LONGITUDE OF COLORADO
OVER TO THE EQUATOR.
FROM THAT POSITION WILT WILL BE
THE STANDBY SALT LIT OR THE
BACKUP SALT LIGHT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF THERE IS A
PROBLEM WITH GOES EAST OR WEST.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND GOES
DOWN, THEN WE CAN TURN ON THE
GOES-16 AND REPLACE IT IN A
BACKUP CAPABILITY.
WE DON'T PATRIOT THE CENTER
POSITION BECAUSE CURRENTLY, NOAA
HAS TWO OPERATIONAL SLOTS IN THE
GOES EAST AND WEST AND IT CAN BE
TESTED FROM THAT POSITION.
BUT IT IS MAINLY THERE AS
EMERGENCY BACKUP.
ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
DERROL: AND NOW A QUESTION FROM
ADRIANA FERREIRA WHO ASKS: IN
REGARDS TO THE SPACE WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS WITH THIS
INFORMATION BE CONTROLLED OR
SHARED OUTSIDE THE USA.
DR. TALAAT.
>> YES.
ALL THE DATA ARE FREE AND OPEN
TOP THE PUBLIC.
OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. OR FOR
RESEARCH IN RETROSPECTIVE AT THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION AND
DATA IS AVAILABLE AT THE
NATIONAL SEN FER FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SO ALL
NOAA DATA IS FREE AND OPEN.
DERROL: I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP
QUESTION TO THAT, DR. TALAAT.
YOU MOMENTSED THE NEW FAV THAT
IS GOING UP ON GOES-U.
THE IMAGERY THAT YOU SHOWED
SEEMED FROM A SATELLITE THAT IS
MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD, RIGHT?
IT WAS PUT UP SEVERAL DECADES
AGO.
PAINT A PICTURE FOR ME AND FOR
THE AUDIENCE OF WHAT THAT NEW
IMAGE WILL LOOK LIKE FROM THIS
IN STREW.
>> VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS WHAT
I SHOWED WASES FROM THE NASA
SOHO SATELLITE WHICH WAS
LAUNCHED IN 1995.
WELL BEYOND THE DESIGN LIFE.
AND WE DON'T -- WE PROJECT IT IS
GOING TO NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN
OPERATIONS BECAUSE OF THE SOLAR
ARRAYS.
SOMETIME IN 2026 AND, AND, THE
IMAGE THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET
FROM THE 1 IS IFING TO LOOK A
LOT LIKE THAT.
THAT IT IS GOING TO HAVE IMAGING
AND IMAGE THE OUTER, THE CORE
ROAN NAP FROM 3.7 SOLAR RADAR UP
TO 17 SO THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH
THE BLUE AREA THAT YOU SAW ON
THAT, IN THAT VIDEO THERE.
AND SO, THAT, WE HAVE LEARNED
ANNOT THIS RESEARCH SATELLITE
AND THEN, THAT HELPED US TO
OPTIMIZE AND DESIGN THE
OBSERVATIONS WE NEEDED FOR THE
GOES-U CORONAGRAPH AND THAT IS,
THAT IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY LOOK
LIKE THAT BERES LUGS AND WHAT IS
VERY KEY IS MUCH MUCH FASTER
LAYENCY AND GET THE DATA DOWN
MUCH FASTER TO THE SPACE WEATHER
PREDICTION CENTER SO THEY CAN
USE IT IN OUR OPERATIONS.
RIGHT NOW, SOHO, SOHO DATA CAN
HAVE GAPS UP TO EIGHT HOURS
BEFORE WE GET THE DATA DOWN, SO
A LOT CAN HAPPEN THEN.
AND THEN, THIS HAVING, THIS NEW
CAPABILITY WILL CERTAINLY BUILD
RESILIENCE FOR SPACE WEATHER FOR
US.
>> ECLIPS EVERY 90 MINUTES
RIGHT.
EVERY 30 MINUTES FROM WHEN WE
SEE THE IMAGE THE CORONA DOWN TO
THE FORECASTERS.
HERE IN THE U.S. WE HAVE TO WAIT
20-30 YEARS BEFORE WE CAN SEE
THEM.
WE JUST HAD ONE ACROSS THE U.
AND GOT ONE COMING TO NOR DID
AND GOT TO WAIT AWHILE.
ALL RIGHT WE NOT ANOTHER
QUESTION ON-LINE.
ANOTHER ASK NASA QUESTION.
PUT THEM IN IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT
YOU WANT ANSWERED WITH THE
EXPERTS TODAY.
TWO QUESTIONS.
IT IS BACK TO DR. TALAAT.
WILL THE CORONAGRAPH WORK 24-7?
OR WON'T IT BE NIGHT AT TIMES
AND UNABLE TO ON SERVICE THE SUN
INTHEN THE SECOND PART OF THE
QUESTION.
WILL LET YOU ANSWER THAT FIRST
THEN HIT WITH YOU THE SECOND.
SO THE POSITION IN ORBIT ALLOWS
US TO SEE THE SUN PRETTY MUCH
24-7.
THERE IS A FEW TIMES WHEN THIS
IS A OBSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE THE
MOON MAY OBSTRUCT THE VIEW AND
THERE, BUT PRETTY MUCH, WE WILL
HAVE OBSERVATIONS OF THE SUN
20-7 AND THAT IS ALSO WHY WE
HAVE SOLAR IMAGING ON THE EAST
AND THE WEST, SO THAT WHEN WE,
WHEN THE EARTH OR THE MOON
OBSTRUCTS THE RU, WE HAVE THE
OTHER SATELLITE THAT WILL
PROVIDE THE IMAGING, THE IMAGING
OF THE SUN THAT WE NEED AND THE
FORECASTING, FOR FORECASTING, ET
CETERA.
SO WITH THE CORONA FAV, THE IT
IS THE FIRST ONE ON THE, THIS IS
THE LAST OF THE GOES SATELLITES,
SO WE ARE GOING TO FLY IN GEO
STATION ORBIT BUT AS I MENTIONED
THAT THE BEGINNING, WE ARE GOING
TO ALSO FLY A COME BACK CORONA
GRF ON THE L1 SATELLITE.
THAT IS ONE MILLION MILES
UPSTREAM OF EARTH, THAT ACTSES A
UPSTREAM BUOY MEASURING THE
SOLAR WIND AND THE SOLAR
CONDITIONS COMING TOWARD US BUT
ALSO GIVING AS YOU-7 VIEW OF THE
SUN WITH THE SECOND CORONA GRAPH
AND THOSE TWO HAVING THOSE TWO
CORONA GRAPHS FLYING WILL GIVE
US RESILIENCY IN OUR SYSTEM
GOING FORWARD.
>> SO SHE FOLLOWS UP.
THIS IS LUCY ON COMING TO US ON
#ASKNASA IF THERE IS CORONA MASS
EJECTION IS IT POSSIBLE TO NOT
SEE ONE BASED ON THAT LIMITED
TIME WHERE IT IS BLOCKED?
>> IT, ON THE FEW INSTANCES
WHERE WE HAVE IT, THERE, WE CAN
LOOK AT OTHER INDICATIONS OF
SOLAR ACTIVITY, BUT YES, IT, IT
WOULD BE POSSIBLE THAT, THAT FOR
THAT TIME, WE WOULD NOT, WE
WOULD NOT SEE THE CORONA MASS
EJECTION.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW, FROM THE
CONTEXT IMAGER THAT THERE, JUST
LIKE WE WATCHED THE ATLANTIC
BASIN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE
FORMATION.
WE WATCHED THE SUN FOR POSSIBLE
IMPENDING SOLAR ACTIVITY.
WE WATCHED THE SUN SPOTS AND SEE
HOW THEY ARE RM FOING AND FROM
OUR HISTORICAL ANALYSIS WE CAN
TELL IF THERE IS LIKELIHOOD OF
ERUPTION SO WE HAVE OTHER
MEASUREMENT ON THE GOES WEST
SATELLITE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL
USES IF THERE WAS LARGE ERUPTION
GOING ON.
>> THE FORECASTING COMPONENT IS
CERTAINLY VERY INTERESTING AND
SHE JUST FOLLOWED UP WITH ONE
MORE PART.
THAT IS WHY DO WE NEED CORONA
GRAPHS IN SPACE VERSUS JUST ON
EARTH?
>> WE CAN'T SEE THE OUTER AT
MOSS OFFICER THE SUN THE CORONA.
FROM EARTH VERY WELL UNLESS
THERE IS A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
SO, SO THAT, THAT IS AREA.
WE HAVE TO FLY IT IN SPACE AND
DO THE PART UP THERE TO SEE IT
IN 24-7 CAPABILITY.
YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE GROUND
THROUGH GROUND TELESCOPES, BUT
THAT IS ACCEPT ABLE, OF COURSE,
TO CLOUDINESS, THE LOCATION AS
THE EARTH ROTATES AROUND.
YOU CANNOT OBSERVE IT FROM THE
CORONA GRF AT NIGHT FOR
INSTANCE.
SO, SO HAVING IT IN A SPACE
GIVES US THE CONSTANT CONTINUOUS
OBSERVATIONS THAT WE NEED TO
MEASURE IT, MEASURE IT FOR
OPERATIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD.
NOW, WE CAN'T FINISH WITHOUT
GETTING A FEW WORDS FROM CHRIS
WOOD AND HAVING HIM TAKE A FEW
YESES WHICH AM JUST CURIOUS,
COLLISION, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO
FLY A PLANE THROUGH 50 MILES PER
HOUR HURRICANE WINDS?
>> SO SHALL EVERY PASS AND EVERY
HURRICANE IS UNIQUE.
UM, SO THE MOST COMMON AMAL GIVE
WE LIKE TO USING IS THINK ABOUT
GOING ON AN OLD WOODEN ROLLER
COASTER WHILE BEING
SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A CAR WASH.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF RAIN.
THERE IS A LOT OF WIND.
THERE IS A LOT OF BOUNCING.
BUT SOMETIMES, IT CAN BE AS
BENIGN AS GOING DOWN THE OLD
DIRT ROAD BOUNCING AROUND A
LITTLE BIT.
THEN SOMETIMES IT IS ONE OF THE
WILDEST RIDES YOU HAVE BEEN ON
IN A LONG TIME.
DERROL: IN THAT VIDEO, I HAVE
SEEN A CLIP OF SOME VIDEO.
THIS IS TURBULENCE LIKE NO
OTHER, RIGHT?
WE EXPERIENCE TURBULENCE WHEN WE
FLY.
BUT YOU GET THE APEX OF
TURBULENCE.
ARE YOU WEIGHTLESS FOR A MOMENT
WHEN THERE ARE DROPS THAT LET
YOU GO?
>> YEAH.
SO THERE IS SOME OCCASIONS WHERE
YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON THE
WEIGHTLESS SIDE.
FOR MOST STORMS, THAT IS NOT THE
CASE, YOU ARE GOING TO GET
BONSES.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE A COUPLE
HUNDRED FEE THE AIR COLUMN AS WE
ARE GOING THIS THE EYEWALLS, BUT
IN GENERAL, YOU ARE NOT
COMPLETELY WEIGHTLESS.
YOU MAY LOSE A FEW POUNDS AS YOU
ARING IF THROUGH THE BUMPS BUT
NOT GOING COMPLETELY WEIGHTLESS.
HOWEVER, ON OCCASION.
THAT WILL HAPPEN.
I AM THINKING SPECIFICALLY WHEN
FLYING THROUGH HURRICANE WE HAD
A COUPLE OF MOMENTS YOU WERE
THANKFUL YOU HAD THE SEAT BELT
ON.
I WON'T ASK HOW YOU LOST THOSE
BOUNDS.
DERROL: LAST QUESTION.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE EYE, IS IT
TOLLAL CALM?
IS IT EASY BREEZY FLYING?
>> SO, THE EYE HAS A POINT WHERE
IT DOES COME DOWN TO TOTAL CALM
BUT GENERALLY IS A DISTRIBUTED
WIND FIELD THROUGHOUT THE EYE OF
THE HURRICANE ITSELF SO IT
DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY CALM DOWN
AND BREAK OUT OF THE CLOUS THEN
JUST KIND OF DROP EVERYTHING YOU
ARE DOING.
YOU STILL HAVE TO BE ENGAGED IN
WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND BECAUSE
YOU COULD STILL HAVE EVEN ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE CLOUD WALL,
YOU KNOW, 100 MILES PER HOUR
WINDS AT FLIGHT LEVEL.
DERROL: THANK YOU VERY WHEREVER
CHRIS.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE PANELLESTS
WE APPRECIATE AT YOU BEING HERE
AND SHARING THE IMAGINE AND
INFORMATION.
THAT IS GOING TO WRAP UP OUR
BRIEFING FOR TODAY.
A COUPLE OF PROGRAM NOTES, WE
HAVE A PRELAUNCH BRIEFING WITH
THE LATE ON LAUNCH READINESS
FOREGOES-U SCHEDULED FOR 5:00
P.M. EASTERN TIME.
RIGHT HERE ON NASA TV.
ALSO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN
THE CONVERSATION ON-LINE ABOUT
THE IMPORTANT WEATHER MISSION,
POST THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENT OR
QUESTIONS WITH THE HASHTAG READY
TO GOES.
READY TO GOES.