From ca5418929cacbc38e13100343a662c5600632b77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "github-actions[bot]" <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:01:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=A4=96=20Automated=20update=20(2024-06-25?= =?UTF-8?q?T09:01:32+0000)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- src/_posts/2024-06-24-676812.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/_posts/2024-06-24-676812.md diff --git a/src/_posts/2024-06-24-676812.md b/src/_posts/2024-06-24-676812.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..00626d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/_posts/2024-06-24-676812.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +{ + "date": "2024-06-24T17:21:59.000Z", + "title": "On the GOES", + "canonicalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/on-the-goes/", + "imageUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ksc-20240614-ph-jbs01-0076orig.jpg", + "imageAlt": "NOAA's GOES-U satellite (left) and NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (right) are both lit up at night. GOES-U is a white cylindrical object and the VAB is a tall, square building.", + "author": "Monika Luabeya" +} +--- + +On June 14, 2024, NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) last Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, [GOES-U](https://science.nasa.gov/mission/goes/#Launch-Information), started its journey from the Astrotech Space Operations facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. + +GOES-U is the final weather-observing and environmental monitoring satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series. GOES-U will enhance meteorologists’ ability to provide advanced weather forecasting and warning capabilities. It also will improve detection and monitoring of space weather hazards using a new compact coronagraph instrument. + +[Get updates on the GOES blog.](https://blogs.nasa.gov/goes/) + +_Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky_