The GOES-U is a weather satellite that is part of the GOES-R1 system operated by NOAA2 and launched into orbit using the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

GOES-U will perform the following missions while orbiting the equator studying the weather patterns of USA, Central-South America, and the Atlantic Ocean

  • Predicting severe weather
    • Tropical cyclone forecasting
  • Predicting solar storms

GOES-U - Wikipedia Context: GOES-U Launch Announcement - SpaceX on X

Footnotes

  1. GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

  2. NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration