Stunning Photos from Air, Space and Ground of the Atlas V GOES-T Launch - Imagery via KillianPhoto LaunchPhoto rocketphoto manumazzanti ulalaunch and more! Article by Nancy_A
The launch placed GOES-T in a high perigee orbit of over 8,000 km . Its final orbital position in geosynchronous orbit will be just over 35,000 km above Earth’s equator.
“The Atlas V delivered GOES-T directly to a geosynchronous transfer orbit,” said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs,“The orbital delivery accurately placed the spacecraft closer to its final destination which conserves the satellite’s fuel supply and enables a longer mission life.”
Once it reaches its final orbit, the satellite will undergo commissioning and checkouts over the next few months and be fully operational by early 2023. It joins four other GOES satellites currently in service, GOES-14, -15, -16 and -17. Once in service, the new satellite will be renamed GOES-18 and it will take over for GOES-17, which launched on another Atlas 5 exactly four years ago.
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