These images can be used to aid in weather forecasts, severe weather outlooks, watches and warnings, lightning conditions, maritime forecasts and aviation forecasts. GOES-R launched 19th November aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
NASA Social focusses on advanced weather satellite mission
A NASA Social was one of several media events at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center focused on GOES-R – the first spacecraft in a series of NASA-built advanced geostationary weather satellites that will provide images of weather patterns and severe storms as regularly as every five minutes or as frequently as every 30 seconds.