(Space Fellowship) NASA and NOAA's Environmental Satellite Now GOES-15

By , Posted 03/20/10

Link: http://spacefellowship.com/news/art19197/nasa-and-noaa-s-environmental-satell...

GREENBELT, Md., (NASA) -- Twelve days after a flawless launch, NASA and NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) reached its proper orbit and was renamed GOES-15. The latest weather satellite will complete its checkout in mid August 2010 and be stored in-orbit, ready for activation should one of the operational GOES satellites degrade or exhaust their fuel. "The NASA team has done an excellent job and the spacecraft performance has been near perfect. Reaching the pr [...]