NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

GOES-T (GOES-18)

Launch Time
Tue Mar 01, 2022 21:38 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 541
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Price: $145.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 10,478 kN
Payload to LEO: 17,410 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,290 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 62.2 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 26.5 m

Mission Details

GOES-T (GOES-18)

GOES-T is the third of the next generation of weather satellites operated by NOAA, giving sequence to the GOES system. The GOES-R Series (including GOES-R, -S, -T, and -U) provides advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, real-time mapping of total lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,192.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2022

22nd orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

149th mission
2nd mission of 2022
148th successful mission
144th consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

92nd mission
2nd mission of 2022
91st successful mission
82nd consecutive successful mission