1 00:00:20,153 --> 00:00:21,021 The GOES-R series 2 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:25,442 satellites are NOAA's current generation of geostationary satellites, 3 00:00:25,442 --> 00:00:28,428 and these are the ones that are positioned over the U.S. 4 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:31,581 continuously so that they can watch for dangerous 5 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:34,517 environmental conditions and weather that would affect the U.S. 6 00:00:34,818 --> 00:00:43,643 or anybody in the Western Hemisphere. 7 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:48,164 So, GOES-U 8 00:00:48,164 --> 00:00:52,852 is the last of the GOES-R series satellites, and it will be the one that 9 00:00:53,219 --> 00:00:56,873 when launched, it'll actually go into the eastern location over the U.S.. 10 00:00:57,624 --> 00:01:01,861 From there, it will be watching and taking images as often 11 00:01:01,861 --> 00:01:13,339 as every 30 seconds of dangerous weather that tracks towards the U.S.. 12 00:01:16,376 --> 00:01:17,610 Yeah the GOES-U you satellite 13 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:20,964 has got a new passenger it's called the compact coronagraph. 14 00:01:21,264 --> 00:01:24,167 It's designed specifically to be looking at the Sun 15 00:01:24,317 --> 00:01:27,570 and looking for coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun. 16 00:01:28,488 --> 00:01:30,507 These CMEs are actually 17 00:01:30,690 --> 00:01:33,710 tons of charged particles that the Sun ejects. 18 00:01:34,043 --> 00:01:37,380 And if they come towards the Earth, they can affect things that people care 19 00:01:37,380 --> 00:01:41,151 about, like the electrical grid, like GPS signals and radio signals. 20 00:01:41,151 --> 00:01:52,345 So it's very important to be forecasting for these events. 21 00:01:55,548 --> 00:01:57,317 Well, the GOES-U satellite, 22 00:01:57,317 --> 00:02:01,404 like the others in the GOES-R series, will have very advanced instrumentation. 23 00:02:01,671 --> 00:02:06,025 It's got a main camera that can look at rapidly forming storms 24 00:02:06,025 --> 00:02:10,547 every 30 seconds, and it's got an advanced lightning mapper that's actually 25 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:15,835 looking at lightning events across the hemisphere 500 times a second. 26 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:18,888 And so this combination of instruments really gives 27 00:02:18,888 --> 00:02:21,257 forecasters that real time up to the minute 28 00:02:21,991 --> 00:02:25,378 understanding of what's going on with weather so that they can inform you 29 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:36,139 about a particular hazard start happening in your neighborhood. 30 00:02:39,492 --> 00:02:40,460 Yeah, just search 31 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:56,843 social media for @NOAAsatellites and you'll find us there. 32 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:01,464 Well, it's very important to never run out of weather satellites. 33 00:03:01,464 --> 00:03:05,318 So NOAA is already planning the next generation series called GeoXO. 34 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:08,688 GeoXO is going to have even more advanced cameras. 35 00:03:08,688 --> 00:03:11,908 It's going to have an ocean color instrument to watch coastal conditions. 36 00:03:12,242 --> 00:03:13,493 It's going to have an air quality 37 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:17,030 measurement instrument to look for pollution across the U.S.. 38 00:03:17,780 --> 00:03:21,568 And these instruments, in combination with the same kind of instruments 39 00:03:21,568 --> 00:03:24,804 that GOES-R has, will give a very comprehensive view 40 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:29,192 of all kinds of weather and dangerous conditions across the U.S.. 41 00:03:29,792 --> 00:03:33,663 The GeoXO satellites are actually going to be delivering ten times as much data 42 00:03:33,897 --> 00:03:34,948 as GOES-R does. 43 00:03:34,948 --> 00:03:45,141 So it will do an even better job for the American public. 44 00:03:48,478 --> 00:03:49,062 So the GOES-U 45 00:03:49,062 --> 00:03:52,215 satellite is going to be stationed over the east coast of the U.S. 46 00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:54,317 From there can view the entire U.S.. 47 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:58,588 It's also got a great view from there of the Caribbean and South America. 48 00:03:58,821 --> 00:04:01,441 And importantly, it will see all the way across the Atlantic, 49 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:06,029 over to Europe and Africa so that it can see storms like hurricanes 50 00:04:06,029 --> 00:04:16,639 that really start off the coast of Africa and track towards the U.S.. 51 00:04:19,642 --> 00:04:23,162 Geostationary Earth orbit is one where the satellite speed 52 00:04:23,162 --> 00:04:26,733 is going at exactly the same rotation speed as the Earth. 53 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:30,320 And that means that the satellite is always looking at the same place on Earth. 54 00:04:30,570 --> 00:04:33,890 And so that's really important when you're looking at things like weather 55 00:04:33,890 --> 00:04:37,794 and you want to keep track of storms as they're moving across the U.S. 56 00:04:37,794 --> 00:04:38,544 or other locations.