GOES-S (GOES-17) Will Improve Weather Forecasts, Track Wildfires
NASA successfully launched the second in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday. NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S) lifted off on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The Vulcan launch system being developed by United Launch Alliance will have something in common with rockets being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin ... the boosters are intended to be recoverable, according to the company.
ESA And Canada Make A Deal To Add A Fourth Spacecraft To The Mission
With the aim of making the best possible use of existing satellites, ESA and Canada have made a deal that turns Swarm into a four-satellite mission to shed even more light on space weather and features such as the aurora borealis.
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