FOUR PRE-LAUNCH BFGS/EVENTS FOR LAUNCH OF NOAA’S GOES-U METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE, June 24, 2024, various times

NASA and NOAA will hold four briefings or other events on June 24, 2024 in advance of the scheduled launch of NOAA’s GOES-U meteorological satellite the next day, June 25 (see our separate Calendar entry for launch information).

9:30 a.m. – NASA EDGE GOES-U prelaunch show on NASA+, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

11 a.m. – GOES-U science briefing with the following participants:

• Charles Webb, deputy director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA
• Ken Graham, director, NOAA’s National Weather Service
• Dan Lindsey, chief scientist, GOES-R Program, NOAA
• Elsayed Talaat, director, NOAA’s Office of Space Weather Observations
• Chris Wood, NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot

Coverage of the science news conference will stream live on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.

3:15 p.m. – NASA Social panel at Kennedy with the following participants:

• Jade Zsiros, telemetry engineer, NASA’s Launch Services Program
• Ellen Ramirez, deputy division chief, Mission Operations Division, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NOAA
• Dakota Smith, satellite analyst and communicator, NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
• Allana Nepomuceno, senior manager, GOES-U Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations, Lockheed Martin
• Chris Reith, program manager, Advanced Baseline Imager, L3Harris Technologies

The panel will stream live on NASA Kennedy’s YouTube, X and Facebook accounts. Members of the public may ask questions online by posting to the YouTube, X, and Facebook live streams or using #AskNASA.

5 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference at Kennedy (following completion of the Launch Readiness Review), with the following participants:

• Denton Gibson, launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA
• Steve Volz, assistant administrator, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service
• Pam Sullivan, director, GOES-R Program, NOAA
• John Gagosian, director, Joint Agency Satellite Division
• Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
• Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force

Coverage of the prelaunch news conference will stream live on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.