GOES-18
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GOES-18 (designated pre-launch as GOES-T) is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series (GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, and GOES-19) will extend the availability of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite system until 2037. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, 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 orb
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- Country of origin
- United States
- Follows
- GOES-17
- Mass
- 2857
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space
- Official website
- www.goes-r.gov
- Image
- GOES-R Spacecraft Art on Side Front Left (14213075849).png
- Height
- 3.9
- Width
- 5.6
- Length
- 6.1
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- Commons category
- GOES 18
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2022-03-01
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41
- spacecraft bus
- A2100
- launch contractor
- United Launch Alliance
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
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GOES-18 (designated pre-launch as GOES-T) is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series (GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, and GOES-19) will extend the availability of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite system until 2037. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, 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).
== Benefits and applications == Better detection of heavy rainfall and flash flood risks Better fire detection and intensity estimation Better monitoring of smoke and dust Earlier warning of lightning ground strike hazards Improved air quality warnings and alerts Improved detection of low cloud / fog Improved transportation safety and aviation route planning Improved hurricane track and intensity forecasts Improved warning for communications and navigation disruptions and power blackouts Increased thunderstorm and tornado warning lead time More accurate monitoring of energetic particles responsible for radiation hazards
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GOES-18” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.