March 31, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov John Leslie NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service 301-713-2087 john.leslie@noaa.gov RELEASE: 09-29 NASA/NOAA MEDIA BRIEFING ON LATEST GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE GREENBELT, Md. - There will be a NASA and NOAA media teleconference on Thursday, April 2, to discuss the upcoming launch of the GOES-O satellite, an essential source of NOAA's forecasts for severe weather events, including hurricanes and tornadoes. The satellite will also receive distress signals that trigger life-saving U.S. search and rescue operations. The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, is targeted to launch April 28 at 6:24 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex (SLC 37B) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. WHEN: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 1 p.m. EDT Dial-in information - 888-396-9185, Passcode: GOES-O WHO: Gary Davis, Director, Office of System Development, NOAA's Satellite and Information Service Steve Kirkner, Project Manager, NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites Tom Wrublewski, NOAA's GOES N Series Technical Acquisition Manager Joe Schaefer, Director, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center For more information about GOES-O and the geostationary satellites, see the following Web sites: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA TV will broadcast the GOES-O video file on April 2. For more information go to: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html For high resolution GOES-O animations, go to: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010400/a010413/ -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
