Want to know more about GOES-R's mission, the satellite, the launch, or the science behind it all? Join our Reddit Science AMA, October 6, 2016, and chat live with NOAA scientists!
![Infographic of GOES-R](/s3/styles/webp/s3/2021-06/GOES-R_Reddit-1.jpeg.webp?itok=eVQmqAIn)
Greg Mandt, System Program Director for NOAA’s GOES-R satellite series , and Dr. Steve Goodman, GOES-R Senior Scientist have worked tirelessly with their team to plan, develop, and launch NOAA’s GOES-R, a revolutionary new geostationary weather satellite.
Now, after many years of work, it is ready to launch atop an Atlas V 541 rocket and make its way to geostationary orbit. GOES-R is scheduled to head to space in less than 30 days—leaving Earth at 5:40pm EDT on November 4, 2016.
GOES-R, or GOES-16 as it will be known once it reaches space, will provide five times faster weather coverage, more accurate data for hurricane tracking and intensity forecasts, real-time mapping of total lightning for improved severe weather prediction, advanced warning of space weather hazards, and improved transportation safety-- all from ONE satellite!
Want to know more about the mission, the satellite, the launch, or the science behind it all? Ask them anything!
They will be online from 1:00pm EDT to 3:00pm EDT (10 am PT, 6 pm UTC).
Learn more about the GOES-R satellite series.
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Who:
![Image at NESDIS](/s3/styles/webp/s3/migrated/greg.jpg.webp?itok=iCdDE4sU)
![Photo of Dr. Steve Goodman](/s3/styles/webp/s3/migrated/steve.jpg.webp?itok=RP2Q4StV)
What:
Reddit Science "Aske Me Anything" (AMA) "Greg Mandt and Dr. Steve Goodman | Launching NOAA’s Revolutionary GOES-R Satellite"
Where:
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When:
1:00pm EDT to 3:00pm EDT (10 am PT, 6 pm UTC)