Check Out These Spectacular Views of GOES-S Launching to Orbit Atop ULA's Mighty Atlas

By Mike Killian, on March 2nd, 2018

The powerhouse boosters and RD-180 of the ULA Atlas-V 541 rocket, launching the NOAA GOES-S satellite March 1, 2018. Photo: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace

Yesterday, ULA launched their third mission of the year, aiming to deliver the nation’s next game-changing meteorological satellite to orbit on the shoulders of their mighty Atlas-V rocket. Liftoff […]

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Atlas V to Launch Game-Changing ‘GOES-S’ Today for Unprecedented Meteorology Across Western U.S.

By Mike Killian, on February 28th, 2018

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch vehicle will send the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s, or NOAA’s, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S, into orbit. The GOES series is designed to significantly improve the detection and observation of environmental […]

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Air Force Weather Satellite’s Breakup Blamed on Wiring Harness Compression in Battery Charge Assembly

By Craig Covault, on July 26th, 2015

DMSP Air Force weather satellite is depicted in polar orbit near Alaska. Image Credit: Lockheed Martin

A U.S. Air Force review into the Feb. 3 loss of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Flight 13 determined a failure of the spacecraft’s battery charger as the likely cause of the satellite’s failure and structural breakup.

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NASA Awards Orbital Sciences Launch Services Contract for Hurricane-Forecasting CYGNSS Mission

By Mike Killian, on March 31st, 2014

The CYGNSS mission is comprised of eight Low-Earth Orbiting (LEO) spacecraft (S/C) that receive both direct (white lines) and reflected (blue lines) signals from GPS satellites. The direct signals pinpoint LEO S/C positions, while the reflected signals respond to ocean surface roughness, from which wind speed is retrieved. GPS bi-static scatterometry measures ocean […]

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