NOAA MEDIA TELECON ON UPCOMING GOES-S LAUNCH, Feb 1, 2018, virtual, 1:00 pm ET

NOAA will hold a media teleconference on February 1, 2018 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss the upcoming launch of GOES-S, the second satellite in the GOES-R series of four advanced geostationary weather satellites.  The launch itself is scheduled for March 1, 2018 at 5:02 pm ET.  It will be redesignated GOES-17 once in orbit.  NOAA plans to place it in the “GOES-West” orbital location once it is operational, replacing the older-generation GOES-15.

Speakers at the media teleconference are:

• Ajay Mehta, acting deputy assistant administrator for systems, NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
• Tim Walsh, acting director, NOAA’s GOES-R program
• Joe Pica, director, National Weather Service Office of Observations
• Sandra Smalley, director, NASA’s Joint Agency Satellite Division
• Jana Luis, division chief of predictive services, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE).

U.S. and Canadian media may call 1-888-942-9266 toll-free. Other international media may call 1-773-756-4623 (toll call). Please use the passcode “GOES.”