NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Environmental Satellite Mission

NASA News Releases <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:59:02 +0000 (UTC)

December 18, 2019 
CONTRACT RELEASE C19-029
 NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Environmental Satellite Mission

NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC (ULS) of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) mission, which will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans and environment, real-time mapping of total lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather.

The total cost for NASA to launch GOES-T is approximately $165.7 million, which includes the launch service and other mission related costs.

The GOES-T mission currently is targeted to launch in December 2021 on an Atlas V 541 rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-T is the third spacecraft in the next generation GOES-R Series of geostationary weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-R Series includes GOES-R, S, T, and U.

NASA’s Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will manage the ULS launch service. The GOES-R Flight Projects Office is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The GOES-R Program is managed by NOAA.

For more information about NASA programs and missions, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov

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Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

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	December 18, 2019 CONTRACT RELEASE C19-029 NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Environmental Satellite Mission NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC (ULS) of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) mission, which will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans and environment, real-time mapping of total lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather. The total cost for NASA to launch GOES-T is approximately $165.7 million, which includes the launch service and other mission related costs. The GOES-T mission currently is targeted to launch in December 2021 on an Atlas V 541 rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-T is the third spacecraft in the next generation GOES-R Series of geostationary weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-R Series includes GOES-R, S, T, and U. NASA’s Launch Services Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will manage the ULS launch service. The GOES-R Flight Projects Office is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The GOES-R Program is managed by NOAA. For more information about NASA programs and missions, visit: https://www.nasa.gov -end-
	Press Contacts Gina Anderson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 gina.n.anderson@xxxxxxxx Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-9284 tracy.g.young@xxxxxxxx
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