GOES-T (GOES-18)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:38:00

Tuesday March 1, 2022

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GOES-T (GOES-18)

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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.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

5,192 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas V 541

Active 2011 to 2022

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Agency

ULA

Price

$145.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.81m

Height: 62.2m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 17,410 kg

GTO: 8,290 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,478 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 26.5m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Atlas V


92nd

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2022

United Launch Alliance


149th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2022

2022


22nd

Orbital launch attempt